African Canadians in Union Blue: Volunteering for the Cause in the Civil War
(Part of the American Abolitionism and Antislavery Series)
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Before Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he added a paragraph authorizing the army to recruit black soldiers. Nearly 200,000 men answered the call. Several thousand of them came from Canada. What compelled these men to leave the relative comfort of their homes to face death on the battlefield, loss of income, and legal sanctions for participating in a foreign war? Drawing on newspapers, autobiographies, and military and census...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0774827459
ISBN13:9780774827454
Release Date:May 2014
Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
Length:308 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"
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