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On page 240-241 of the Remembering Slavery article, said that some freed slaves were sad that they were free after the war partially because the Yankee soldiers had destroyed food and livestock in the regions in which they lived. Since earlier accounts had talked about the celebrations of the soldiers coming to town (pg. 234), does this mean that the “collective” memory of freed slaves is actually quite different than individual memories? -Angie | On page 240-241 of the Remembering Slavery article, said that some freed slaves were sad that they were free after the war partially because the Yankee soldiers had destroyed food and livestock in the regions in which they lived. Since earlier accounts had talked about the celebrations of the soldiers coming to town (pg. 234), does this mean that the “collective” memory of freed slaves is actually quite different than individual memories? -Angie | ||
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| + | One of the things that struck me about so many of these narratives was the ways in which the slaves discussed their normal, everyday activities, while simultaneously notions of freedom. Even those for whom the concept of freedom was impossibly foreign quickly came to understand the implications of the arrival of the Union Army. How much did slaves of the Deep South know about the War, both before and during? Did George Kye, a wagon driver serving in the Confederate Army in the place of his master, acknowledge the purpose of the War before being set free?- D. Radtke | ||
== Blight, ''Race and Reunion'' == | == Blight, ''Race and Reunion'' == | ||
