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As early as May 1861, Blacks began arriving at the Union camps. They did not wait for a proclamation to claim their freedom. Would you? 7:39 PM Jun 18th, 2011 via web
On the Civil War: "May the right be made to triumph by the grace of God." Bishop Benjamin Tanner, 1861. memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage…@0412&linkText=9 7:34 PM Jun 18th, 2011 via web
In memory of Nick Biddle, slave turned soldier, one of the first casualties of the Civil War 48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com/2007/02/nichol… 3:55 PM Jun 14th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
"I was one of the first women in this country that worked behind the enemy lines." Harriet Tubman http://www.visitharriettubman.com 12:06 PM May 23rd, 2011 via web
@ycoleman Thanks. Let me know what you think. 12:02 PM May 23rd, 2011 via web in reply to ycoleman
"Did ya'll know I served in the Civil War?" Harriet Tubman (May 1861) http://www.visitharriettubman.com/pages.asp?pageid=75365 12:02 PM May 23rd, 2011 via web
#youwerecooluntil you turned 50. 8:11 PM May 15th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
"One thing...is certain, the slaveholding rebellion will be crushed..." Frederick Douglass http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=4374 5:58 PM May 15th, 2011 via web
HYDRA_Kingpin A week after it's discovered Apple tracks users locations, Osama bin Laden is dead; correlation? @DavidCornDC @KeithOlbermann 8:20 PM May 1st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by jabarneswriter and 762 others
@KeithOlbermann God you make me laugh. 8:57 PM May 1st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to KeithOlbermann
@KeithOlbermann Don't you just love being free to say that ( free of corporate censors). 8:54 PM May 1st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to KeithOlbermann
"I could not pray against my conscience." Rev. W.B.Allen (aka Rev. Quarles), exslave, GA Narratives and http://www.shermans5th.blogspot.com/ 9:05 AM May 1st, 2011 via web
@steveweinstein @maddow And do what, exactly? 10:08 PM Apr 19th, 2011 via web in reply to steveweinstein
I remember the whisperings among the slavess—their talking of the possibility of freedom. Mary Gladdy from the Georgia Slave Narratives 7:45 PM Apr 18th, 2011 via web
@yayayarndiva @VOA_News What did BlackAmericans say DURING the US Civil War? Read Sherman's Fifth Corps on Kindle or follow my weekly tweet 7:01 PM Apr 17th, 2011 via web in reply to yayayarndiva
@CivilWarwp Where on your list will the words of people held as slaves be tweeted? Follow their thoughts/feelings weekly @jabarneswriter. 6:22 PM Apr 17th, 2011 via web in reply to CivilWarwp
When the Civil War began in 1861, roughly 4 million people were held as slaves. Note to Bachmann: The Founding Fathers were dead by then. 6:16 PM Apr 17th, 2011 via web
@legldiva Not yeton Nook.Thanks for suggesting to your bookclub. It's a different read. I call it a collage novel. Would love to discuss. 8:00 PM Apr 16th, 2011 via web in reply to legldiva
@OneLiberalGirl Check out Sherman's Fifth Corps, a civil war novel, on Kindle. Focuses on Sherman,freed slaves in GA and his black mistress 7:38 PM Apr 16th, 2011 via web in reply to OneLiberalGirl
@legldiva Check out Sherman's Fifth Corps on Kindle. It's a novel but it tells story of African-American CIVILIANS who helped win the war. 7:37 PM Apr 16th, 2011 via web in reply to legldiva

Name Joyce Barnes
Location Ohio
Web http://www.sherma...
Bio Weekly tweeting voices of Black Americans, free and held as slaves, during the Civil War---in promotion of my novel Sherman's Fifth Corps, available on Kindle.