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The first serious scholarship on a forgotten Civil War issue. Eleven essays detail the experiences of black servants and soldiers in the Conferderate Army. One

That the Confederacy in its waning days frantically turned to the idea of arming slaves has long been known by all close students of the Civil War. Yet the more

This revealing interpretation of the black experience in the South emphasizes the evolution of slavery over time and the emergence of a rich, hybrid African Ame

Little has been written about the military role of African Americans in military campaigns of the United States despite the fact that men and women of color wer

An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.