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African Canadians In Union Blue
African Canadians in Union Blue
Subtitle:
Volunteering for the Cause in the Civil War
Book Category:
History > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Author:
Richard M. Reid
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 13:
9781606352557
Price:
USD 28.95
Publication Year:
2015

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Susan Cash,

Kent State University Press,
1118 University Library,
Kent ,
Ohio - 44242-0001,
USA
Web: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com

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When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, he also authorized the U.S. Army to recruit black soldiers for the war effort. Nearly 200,000 men answered the call, and several thousand of them came from Canada. What compelled these men to leave the relative comfort and safety of home to fight in a foreign war? In African Canadians in Union Blue, Richard M. Reid sets out in search of an answer and discovers a group of men whose courage and contributions open a window on the changing understanding of the American Civil War and the ties that held black communities together even as the borders around them shifted and were torn asunder.

 
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