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Invisible Southerners

"Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic backgrounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. Invisible Southerners recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. As Anne J. Bailey looks at how such outsiders responded to demands on their loyalties, she recaptures the atmosphere of suspicion in which they strove to understand, and be understood by, their proslavery, secessionist neighbors."—Jacket.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 95 pages

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