Freedmen and Southern Society Project

FAIN: RQ-286877-22

University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD 20742-5141)
Leslie S. Rowland (Project Director: November 2021 to present)

Preparation for publication of volumes 8 and 9 of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. (36 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History Of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Seven volumes will be in print by the beginning of the proposed grant period and the eighth will be ready for submission to the press. The final volume will be the work of the proposed grant period. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom. The project's website provides both documents and interpretive material.