Rita Roberts
1) I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife: African American Letters of Love and Family in the Civil War Era
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of bloody battles and political maneuvering, thousands of African Americans spent the Civil War trying to hold their families together. Whether enslaved or free, they strove not only to survive but also to cultivate bonds of family, friendship, and community. This moving book illuminates that struggle through the letters exchanged by African Americans before, during, and just after the war. Despite harsh laws against literacy...