I can't wait to call you my wife : African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era

Author/Creator:: Roberts, Rita, author
Publication/Creation:: San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2022]
Format:: Book

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Full 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

Variant Titles:: African American letters of love, marriage, and family in the Civil War era

Genre:: Personal correspondence
Subjects:: African Americans--Correspondence
Enslaved persons--United States--Correspondence
Love-letters--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Family relationships--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Marriage--History--19th century
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects

Table of 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".
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: "A collection of letters exchanged between African Americans during the Civil War era"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Local Note:: Title in display February-March 2024, 'Beyond Love.'