Religion and the Radical Republican Movement, 1860-1870 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813156156)

Kentucky occupied an unusual position with regard to slavery during the Civil War as well as after. Since the state never seceded, the emancipation proclamation did not free the majority of Kentucky's slaves; in fact, Kentucky and Delaware were the only two states where legal slavery still existed when the thirteenth amendment was adopted by Congress. Despite its unique position, no historian before has attempted to tell the experience of blacks in the Commonwealth during the Civil War and Recon

Author: Victor B. Howard
ISBN-10: 0813156157
ISBN-13: 9780813156156
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d