Wesley, Charles H.

Includes chapters on the slave trade, slavery in the colonies, the free Negro, the Negro in the American Revolution and War of 1812, abolition movement, and plantation life and labor.

Ten volumes offer alphabetically arranged articles on persons and events in black history accompanied by photographs, charts, tables, diagrams, chronologies, and other materials.

"The final months of the Confederacy offer fascinating opportunities - as a case study in war termination, as a period that shaped the initial circumstances of Reconstruction, and as a lens through which to analyze Southern society at its most stressful moment. The Collapse of the Confederacy collects six essays that explore how popular expectations, national strategy, battlefield performance, and Confederate nationalism affected Confederate actions during the final months of the conflict."--BOOK JACKET.