The Rocky Road Over Emancipation To The First Black Regiments The Emancipation Of Black Soldiers In The American Civil War

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The Rocky Road over Emancipation to the First Black Regiments: The Emancipation of Black Soldiers in the American Civil War

Author : Anne-Marie Schmidt
Publisher : diplom.de
ISBN 13 : 3954898756
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book The Rocky Road over Emancipation to the First Black Regiments: The Emancipation of Black Soldiers in the American Civil War written by Anne-Marie Schmidt and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did American policy delay black emancipation and official enlistment until 1863, and what were the blacks’ motives for enlisting at all? This study investigates black soldiers’ participation in the American Civil War and the struggles on their way to equality. By coming in thousands, fugitive slaves forced policy to finally tackle the hushed-up issue of slavery. First I will investigate the political background, starting with introducing the three main parties in the emancipation debate, and continuing with the political steps toward official enlistment and the reactions of society to these developments. Secondly, I will focus on the black soldiers’ motives, including influences that had shaped them and obstacles which prevented emancipation in practice, and finally I will explore the war’s results for the black population. Even though it is not expected that the movie Glory, which is frequently quoted, conveys an accurate and historically verified picture of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts, it gives a possible perspective of the blacks toward the war. This study focuses only on black soldiers and not on black participation in the war in general.

Freedom's Soldiers

Author : Ira Berlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521634496
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Freedom's Soldiers written by Ira Berlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom's Soldiers tells the story of the 200,000 black men who fought in the Civil War, in their own words and those of eyewitnesses.

Freedom

Author : Ira Berlin
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom written by Ira Berlin and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1985 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Army Life in a Black Regiment

Author : Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Army Life in a Black Regiment written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Army Life in a Black Regiment" is an account by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized black regiment, in which he described his Civil War experiences. Higginson's account is particularly important owing to the fact that he contributed to the preservation of Negro spirituals by copying dialect verses and music he heard sung around the regiment's campfires.

I Freed Myself

Author : David Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107016495
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book I Freed Myself written by David Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the many ways in which African Americans made the Civil War about ending slavery. Abraham Lincoln's primary goal was to save the Union rather than to absolve the institution of slavery, yet slaves who escaped to Union lines refused to fight for the Union while remaining enslaved, ultimately forcing Lincoln to disband the institution.

Freedom for Themselves

Author : Richard M. Reid
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458719014
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Freedom for Themselves written by Richard M. Reid and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curses have given the world some of its greatest legends and folklore, and the more grisly and gory, the better we like them. But cursing, or ill-wishing, is not a practice confined to magical practitioners - black, white or grey - it is a form of expression intended to do harm in reparation for some real or imagined insult and can be ‘thrown’ by anyone of any race, culture or creed without any prior experience of ritual magic or witchcraft. According to the dictionary, however, a curse is defined as: To invoke or wish evil upon; to afflict; to damn; to excommunicate; evil invoked on another person. If this is the clear definition, then under what circumstances can we challenge this established way of thinking and ask ourselves can cursing ever be justified? And if we hesitate for just a moment, then we must ask the next question: Is cursing evil? Like all aspects of life, however, it is advisable to put things in their proper perspective before passing judgement.

Thunder at the Gates

Author : Douglas R Egerton
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465096654
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Thunder at the Gates written by Douglas R Egerton and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-winner of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize An intimate, authoritative history of the first black soldiers to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage-southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the necessary courage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, long the center of abolitionist fervor, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry-regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery. He argues that the most important battles of all were won on the field of public opinion, for in fighting with distinction the regiments realized the long-derided idea of full and equal citizenship for blacks. A stirring evocation of this transformative episode, Thunder at the Gates offers a riveting new perspective on the Civil War and its legacy.

Slaves No More

Author : Ira Berlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521436922
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Slaves No More written by Ira Berlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three essays present an introduction and history of the emancipation of the slaves during the Civil War.

The Black Military Experience

Author : Ira Berlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521132053
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Black Military Experience written by Ira Berlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book "...examines the recruitment of black men into the Union Army and the experiences of black soldiers under arms"--Introd.

Black Regiments in the American Civil War

Author : Anne-Marie Schmidt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656704147
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Black Regiments in the American Civil War written by Anne-Marie Schmidt and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Dresden Technical University (Institut für Nordamerikastudien), language: English, abstract: The central questions of my thesis are: Why did American policy delay black emancipation and official enlistment until 1863, and what were the blacks’ motives for enlisting at all? First I will investigate the political background, starting with introducing the three main parties in the emancipation debate, and continuing with the political steps toward official enlistment and the reactions of society to these developments. Secondly, I will focus on the black soldiers’ motives, including influences that had shaped them and obstacles which prevented emancipation in practice, and finally I will explore the war’s results for the black population. Throughout the whole analysis, the thesis focuses only on black soldiers and not on black participation in the war in general. In answering my two-part question, I will quote key scenes of the movie Glory. Even though it is not expected that the movie conveys an accurate and historically verified picture of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts, it gives a possible perspective of the blacks toward the war and will therefore be taken into consideration. This thesis investigates black soldiers’ participation in the American Civil War and the struggles on their way to equality. It can be concluded that this war was decided by the people, because while society got lost in debating old prejudices and habits, and the president made numerous friendly overtures to the border-states in order to not offend any loyal Unionists, a big part of the population stood up and actively entered the debate. By coming in thousands, fugitive slaves forced policy to finally tackle the hushed-up issue of slavery.

A Grand Army of Black Men

Author : Edwin S. Redkey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107782465
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book A Grand Army of Black Men written by Edwin S. Redkey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War stands vivid in the collective memory of the American public. There has always been a profound interest in the subject, and specifically the participation of black Americans in and reactions to the war and the war's outcome. Almost 200,000 African-American soldiers fought for the Union in the Civil War. Although most were illiterate ex-slaves, several thousand were well-educated, free black men from the northern states. The 176 letters in this collection were written by black soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War to black and abolitionist newspapers. They provide a unique expression of the black voice that was meant for a public forum. The letters tell of the men's experiences, their fears and their hopes. They describe in detail their army days - the excitement of combat and the drudgery of digging trenches. Some letters give vivid descriptions of battle; others protest against racism; still others call eloquently for civil rights. Many describe their conviction that they are fighting not only to free the slaves but to earn equal rights as citizens. These letters give an extraordinary picture of the war and also reveal the bright expectations, hopes, and ultimately the demands that black soldiers had for the future - for themselves and for their race. As first-person documents of the Civil War, the letters are strong statements of the American dream of justice and equality, and of the human spirit.

Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers

Author : Robert Summers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers written by Robert Summers and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Maryland's 19th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, during the Civil War. The enlisted men were black, mostly escaped slaves. The officers were white. They suffered and died together. Many were killed in action, died from their wounds, died in prisoner of war camps, or died from disease. Many of those who survived their service suffered for the rest of their lives from battlefield wounds and amputations, or the effects of malaria, scurvy, cholera, chronic dysentery, typhoid fever, acute rheumatic fever, pneumonia, measles, blindness, hearing loss, and other illnesses contracted during their service. The 19th Regiment trained in Maryland during the winter of 1863-64, and fought in Virginia until General Lee surrendered. The regiment took part in the bloody Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia, and was among the first units to enter and occupy Richmond when Lee abandoned it. After the war, the regiment was posted to Texas where it kept the peace along the Mexican border. The men returned to Maryland when the regiment was disbanded in January 1867, but not everyone stayed home. Alfred Dennis (Company K) enlisted in the 10th Cavalry, known as the Buffalo Soldiers, and served five years in Oklahoma Indian Territory. Richard Combs (Company A) also joined the 10th Cavalry. He fought the Indians in Texas, and went to Cuba in 1898 with the 10th Cavalry and Teddy Roosevelt to fight at San Juan Hill. Others also returned to live out their final years in Texas.The book includes similar profiles on the lives of each of the 1,142 soldiers who served in the 19th Regiment. The information on the soldiers is taken from their military and pension files at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., a ten year project.

Forgotten Black Soldiers Who Served in White Regiments During the Civil War

Author : Juanita Patience Moss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788455407
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Black Soldiers Who Served in White Regiments During the Civil War written by Juanita Patience Moss and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, the author learned about a new monument in Washington, D.C., created to honor the black soldiers and sailors who had served in the Civil War. What she was about to learn; however, was that her great grandfather's name would not be among those remembered there. Why not? Because he had not served in one of the segregated units whose members' names are engraved on the memorial wall. Instead, Crowder Pacien/Patience had served in a white regiment. An identifiably "Col'd" man, he had been a private in the 103rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. After having been told that there had been no black soldiers serving in white regiments, the author made a hypothesis that if there had been one such black soldier in a white regiment, as she knew, then there might have been others. This series traces the author's journey to such proof. The hundreds of names listed here should be proof enough for the "nay-sayers" to conclude that black men indeed did serve in white regiments. Chapters in Volume II include: Difficulties with Finding Facts, C-Span Book TV Presentation, Mixed Race Regiments, Honoring Civil War Ancestors, Recruitment of Black Soldiers, General Orders No. 323 and the Undercooks, Three Undercooks Garrisoned at Plymouth, N.C., A Trip to the Carlisle Barracks, Finding the Gravesites of Black Soldiers, A Gravesite Lost in North Carolina, One Descendant's Determination, and Conclusion. Chapters are followed by lists: Additional Black Soldiers Alphabetized, Additional Black Soldiers by States, and Final Resting Places. Numerous photographs and illustrations, End Notes, Sources, and an index to full-names, subjects and places add to the value of this work. Historians and Civil War "buffs" alike will find new information revealed in this series, even though so many years have passed since the last shot of the war was fired.

Emancipation Proclamation

Author : Michael Martin
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736813396
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Emancipation Proclamation written by Michael Martin and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the events leading up to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which freed most slaves, and its effects on the course of the Civil War.

Climbing Up to Glory

Author : Wilbert L. Jenkins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742573869
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Climbing Up to Glory written by Wilbert L. Jenkins and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War was undeniably an integral event in American history, but for African Americans, whose personal liberties were dependent upon its outcome, it was an especially critical juncture. The Union defeat of the Confederacy brought African Americans a simultaneous victory over their captors, freeing them from slavery and domination and establishing them as masters of their own fate. But African Americans were far from passive victims of the war. Black soldiers fought on both sides of the conflict_Union and Confederate. In Climbing Up to Glory: A Short History of African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction, Wilbert L. Jenkins explores this defining period in a story that documents the journey of average African Americans as they struggled to reinvent their lives following the abolition of slavery. In this highly readable book, Jenkins examines the unflagging determination and inner strength of African Americans as they sought to construct a solid economic base for themselves and their families by establishing their own businesses and banks and strove to own their own land. He portrays the racial violence and other obstacles blacks endured as they pooled meager resources to institute and maintain their own schools and attempted to participate in the political process. The family unit was also impacted by these profound societal changes. During this tumultuous time, African Americans struggled to rebuild families torn apart by slavery and to legalize family relationships such as slave marriages that were previously deemed unlawful. Compelling and informative, Climbing Up to Glory is an unforgettable tribute to a glowing period in African-American history sure to enrich and inspire American and African-American history enthusiasts.

Black Regiments in the American Civil War

Author : Anne-Marie Schmidt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783656709695
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Black Regiments in the American Civil War written by Anne-Marie Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Soldiering For Freedom

Author : Bob Luke
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1421413744
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Soldiering For Freedom written by Bob Luke and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Civil War history provides an in-depth look at the impact and experiences of African American men fighting in the Union Army. After President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, many enslaved people in the Confederate south made the perilous journey north—then put their lives at risk again by joining the Union army. These U.S. Colored Troops, as the War Department designated most black units, performed a variety of duties, fought in significant battles, and played a vital part in winning the Civil War. And yet white civilian and military authorities often regarded the African American soldiers with contempt. In Soldiering for Freedom, historians John David Smith and Bob Luke examine how Lincoln’s administration came to the decision to arm free black Americans, how these men found their way to recruiting centers, and how they influenced the Union army and the war itself. 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.