Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters from Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902

by Willard B. Gatewood Jr. and Willard B. Gatewood

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Called upon for the first time to render military service outside the States, Negro soldiers (called Smoked Yankees by the Spaniards) were eager to improve their status at home by fighting for the white man in the Spanish-American War. Their story is told through countless letters sent to black U.S. newspapers that lacked resources to field their own reporters. The collection constitutes a remarkably complete and otherwise undisclosed amount of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0938626884

ISBN13:9780938626886

Release Date:July 1987

Publisher:University of Arkansas Press

Length:340 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century African-American Studies Civil War History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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