Title I can't wait to call you my wife : African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era / by Rita Roberts.

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San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2022]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	973.7089 Q ROBERTS	Check Shelf
Manchester, Whiton Branch - New Materials	973.7089 Q ROBERTS	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	973.7092 ROBERTS	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials	973.7089 ROBERTS	Missing

Description	296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-291) and index.
Contents	Antebellum -- "I can ashore you I think highly of freedom and would not exchange it for nothing" -- Civil War -- "My children I have not forgot you and be assured that I will have you if it cost me my life" -- In the aftermath of war -- "Send me some of the children's hair".
Summary	"A collection of letters exchanged between African Americans during the Civil War era"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Enslaved persons -- United States -- Correspondence.
	African Americans -- Family relationships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01354981
	Love-letters. (OCoLC)fst01003069
	Enslaved persons. (OCoLC)fst01120522
Genre/Form	Personal correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01919948
Subject	Love-letters -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Subject	African Americans -- Correspondence.
	African Americans -- Marriage -- History -- 19th century.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	African Americans -- Marriage. (OCoLC)fst00799635
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Subject	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
Genre/Form	Personal correspondence.
Added Title	African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era
Other Form:	Online version: Roberts, Rita. I can't wait to call you my wife San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2022] 9781797216379 (DLC) 2022012380
ISBN	9781797213729 (hardcover)
	1797213725 (hardcover)
	9781797216379 electronic book
Standard No.	40031461590

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