{"product_id":"section-27-and-freedmans-village-in-arlington-national-cemetery-9781476677309","title":"Section 27 and Freedmans Village in Arlington","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery''s history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen''s village and farm, and America''s most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper''s cemetery for men too poor to be returned to their families, and some of the very first war dead to be buried there include over 1,500 men who served in the United States Colored Troops. More than 3,800 former slaves are interred in section 27, the property''s original cemetery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvi\u003cbr\u003eImages, Tables, Figures and Maps\tix\u003cbr\u003e\"Bury Me in a Free Land\" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper\txii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Men Who Shaped Arlington\t9\u003cbr\u003e 2. A City Under Siege\t15\u003cbr\u003e 3. Arlington Plantation\t23\u003cbr\u003e 4. Enslavement at Arlington\t35\u003cbr\u003e 5. Civil War\t56\u003cbr\u003e 6. Washington's Contraband\t65\u003cbr\u003e 7. Health and Medical Care\t76\u003cbr\u003e 8. Freedman's Village\t92\u003cbr\u003e 9. National Cemeteries\t103\u003cbr\u003e10. United States Colored Troops\t113\u003cbr\u003e11. The Contraband Cemetery\t128\u003cbr\u003e12. The Forgotten Union Blue\t134\u003cbr\u003e13. Eviction\t145\u003cbr\u003e14. Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Retribution\t153\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\t172\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I. Chronology\t177\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II. Inventory of Slaves at Arlington    Plantation Belonging to G.W.P. Custis, January 1, 1858\t183\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III. Emancipation by R.E. Lee of G.W.P. Custis' Enslaved\t184\u003cbr\u003eAppendix IV. Growth of Employment in Washington, D.C., from 1850 to 1870\t186\u003cbr\u003eAppendix V. An African American Walking Tour of Arlington Cemetery\t188\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\t193\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t209\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t219","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040458113367,"sku":"9781476677309","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476677309.jpg?v=1750946820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/section-27-and-freedmans-village-in-arlington-national-cemetery-9781476677309","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}