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Author | : Deborah Hopkinson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2007-01-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0689839669 |
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A boy who hates being a slave joins the Union Army to fight for freedom, and proves himself brave and capable of handling a mule team when the need arises.
Author | : Deborah Hopkinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : African American soldiers |
ISBN | : 9781428722590 |
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A boy who hates being a slave joins the Union Army to fight for freedom, and proves himself brave and capable of handling a mule team when the need arises.
Author | : Joanne Randolph |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2018-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1538340909 |
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The period of time including the Civil War and Reconstruction in the United States was an era that involved a lot of change. For many African Americans, this transition included going from a life of slavery to becoming a soldier. This engaging and informative book presents readers with the stories of many of these people, while also addressing important issues such as racism and prejudice. Detailed text paired with eye-catching photographs helps support key social studies curriculum and hold the attention of readers.
Author | : Kirk Savage |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2018-07-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691184526 |
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The United States began as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how the history of slavery and its violent end was told in public spaces—specifically in the sculptural monuments that came to dominate streets, parks, and town squares in nineteenth-century America. Looking at monuments built and unbuilt, Kirk Savage shows how the greatest era of monument building in American history took place amid struggles over race, gender, and collective memory. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves probes a host of fascinating questions and remains the only sustained investigation of post-Civil War monument building as a process of national and racial definition. Featuring a new preface by the author that reflects on recent events surrounding the meaning of these monuments, and new photography and illustrations throughout, this new and expanded edition reveals how monuments exposed the myth of a "united" people, and have only become more controversial with the passage of time.
Author | : Robert Geake |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781594164156 |
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Known as the "Black" Regiment, the Story of the First Continental Army Unit Composed of African American and Native American Enlisted Men In December 1777, the Continental army was encamped at Valley Forge and faced weeks of cold and hunger, as well as the prospect of many troops leaving as their terms expired in the coming months. If the winter were especially cruel, large numbers of soldiers would face death or contemplate desertion. Plans were made to enlist more men, but as the states struggled to fill quotas for enlistment, Rhode Island general James Mitchell Varnum proposed the historic plan that a regiment of slaves might be recruited from his own state, the smallest in the union, but holding the largest population of slaves in New England. The commander-in-chief's approval of the plan would set in motion the forming of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment. The "black regiment," as it came to be known, was composed of indentured servants, Narragansett Indians, and former slaves. This was not without controversy. While some in the Rhode Island Assembly and in other states railed that enlisting slaves would give the enemy the impression that not enough white men could be raised to fight the British, owners of large estates gladly offered their slaves and servants, both black and white, in lieu of a son or family member enlisting. The regiment fought with distinction at the battle of Rhode Island, and once joined with the 2nd Rhode Island before the siege of Yorktown in 1781, it became the first integrated battalion in the nation's history. In From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution, historian Robert A. Geake tells the important story of the "black regiment" from the causes that led to its formation, its acts of heroism and misfortune, as well as the legacy left by those men who enlisted to earn their freedom.
Author | : James W. Parkinson |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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With the support of such influential senators as Orrin Hatch and Joseph Biden and the publication of this book, Parkinson and coauthor Lee Benson are making certain that the veterans' story becomes widely known."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Alice M. Hinkle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Download Prince Estabrook Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
True story of a slave named Prince Estabrook who fought for his freedom (and ours) on the first day of the American Revolution.
Author | : Roger Cohen |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2005-04-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1400044855 |
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In February of 1945, 350 American POWs, selected because they were Jews, thought to resemble Jews or simply by malicious caprice, were transported by cattle car to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany. Here, the soldiers were worked to death, starved and brutalized; more than twenty percent died from this horrific treatment. This is one of the last untold stories of World War II, and Roger Cohen re-creates it in all its blistering detail. Ground down by the crumbling Nazi war machine, the men prayed for salvation from the Allied troops, yet even after their liberation, their story was nearly forgotten. There was no aggressive prosecution of the commandants of the camp and the POWs received no particular recognition for their sacrifices. Cohen tells their story at last, in a stirring tale of bravery and depredation that is essential for any reader of World War II history.
Author | : Bob Luke |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2014-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421413604 |
Download Soldiering for Freedom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The story of an enormous step forward in both the struggle for black freedom and the defeat of the Confederacy: turning former enslaved men into Union soldiers. After President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, Confederate slaves who could reach Union lines often made that perilous journey. A great many of the young and middle-aged among them, along with other black men in the free and border slave states, joined the Union army. These U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), as the War Department designated most black units, materially helped to win the Civil War—performing a variety of duties, fighting in some significant engagements, and proving to the Confederates that Northern manpower had practically no limits. Soldiering for Freedom explains how Lincoln’s administration came to recognize the advantages of arming free blacks and former slaves and how doing so changed the purpose of the war. Bob Luke and John David Smith narrate and analyze how former slaves and free blacks found their way to recruiting centers and made the decision to muster in. As Union military forces recruited, trained, and equipped ex-slave and free black soldiers in the last two years of the Civil War, white civilian and military authorities often regarded the African American soldiers with contempt. They relegated the men of the USCT to second-class treatment compared to white volunteers. The authors show how the white commanders deployed the black troops, and how the courage of the African American soldiers gave hope for their full citizenship after the war. Including twelve evocative historical engravings and photographs, this engaging and meticulously researched book provides a fresh perspective on a fascinating topic. Appropriate for history students, scholars of African American history, or military history buffs, this compelling and informative account will provide answers to many intriguing questions about the U.S. Colored Troops, Union military strategy, and race relations during and after the tumultuous Civil War.
Author | : Phillip Thomas Tucker |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780811703406 |
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Presents a biography of Cathy Williams, African American and only woman ever to disguise herself as a man, join, serve in the Buffalo Soldiers, and succeed against all odds.