Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves : race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America /

The United States of America originated as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how that history of slavery...

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Main Author: Savage, Kirk, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Edition:New edition.
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