Claiming Union Widowhood: Race, Respectability, and Poverty in the Post-Emancipation South

Author/Contributor(s):	Brimmer, Brandi Clay
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	12/18/2020
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women in the period before, during, and after the Civil War outlines the struggles of mothers, wives, and widows of black Union soldiers to claim rights in the face of unjust legislation.