Record #:

20159

Author(s):

Spraggins, Tinsley Lee

Abstract:

This article looks at the utilization of the African-American population, both enslaved and free-men, in the civilian workforce and as auxiliary soldiers via a focus on the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. Through this focus, attention is given to the area of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, the work done by African-Americans for the Confederacy, factors that aided slaves in escaping from their masters, the numerical strength of the Department during this period, and the potential value of Department laborers to the Union as laborers. Tables, charts, and a fold-out map are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 24 Issue 2, April 1947, p160-197, map, f

Subject(s):

Department of Virginia and North Carolina