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Richard M. Reid

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Description:Before Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, he made a last-minute change -- a paragraph authorizing the army torecruit black soldiers. Over the next two years, approximately 180,000soldiers and 18,000 sailors joined the cause. Several thousand camefrom Canada, the terminus of the Underground Railroad. What compelled these young men to leave the comfort and safety ofhome to face death on the battlefield, loss of income for theirfamilies, and legal sanctions for participating in a foreign war?Drawing on newspapers, autobiographies, and military and censusrecords, Richard Reid pieces together a portrait of a group of men whoserved the Union in disparate ways - as soldiers, sailors, ordoctors - but who all believed that the principles of liberty, justice, and equality were worth fighting for, regardless of which sideof the border they made their home. By bringing the courage and contributions of these men to light, "African Canadians in Union Blue" opens a window on the changingnature of the Civil War and the ties that held black communitiestogether even as the borders around them shifted or were tornasunder.Richard Reid is professor emeritus at the Universityof Guelph and the author of several books in Canadian and Americanhistory, including "Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina'sBlack Soldiers in the Civil War Era."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with African Canadians in Union Blue: Volunteering for the Cause in America's Civil War, Updated Edition (Studies in Canadian Military History). To get started finding African Canadians in Union Blue: Volunteering for the Cause in America's Civil War, Updated Edition (Studies in Canadian Military History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Before Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, he made a last-minute change -- a paragraph authorizing the army torecruit black soldiers. Over the next two years, approximately 180,000soldiers and 18,000 sailors joined the cause. Several thousand camefrom Canada, the terminus of the Underground Railroad. What compelled these young men to leave the comfort and safety ofhome to face death on the battlefield, loss of income for theirfamilies, and legal sanctions for participating in a foreign war?Drawing on newspapers, autobiographies, and military and censusrecords, Richard Reid pieces together a portrait of a group of men whoserved the Union in disparate ways - as soldiers, sailors, ordoctors - but who all believed that the principles of liberty, justice, and equality were worth fighting for, regardless of which sideof the border they made their home. By bringing the courage and contributions of these men to light, "African Canadians in Union Blue" opens a window on the changingnature of the Civil War and the ties that held black communitiestogether even as the borders around them shifted or were tornasunder.Richard Reid is professor emeritus at the Universityof Guelph and the author of several books in Canadian and Americanhistory, including "Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina'sBlack Soldiers in the Civil War Era."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with African Canadians in Union Blue: Volunteering for the Cause in America's Civil War, Updated Edition (Studies in Canadian Military History). To get started finding African Canadians in Union Blue: Volunteering for the Cause in America's Civil War, Updated Edition (Studies in Canadian Military History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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