Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops /
When Abraham Lincoln issued his final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, he not only freed the slaves in the Confederate states but also invited freed slaves and free persons of color to join the U.S. Army as part of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), the first systematic, large-scale effort...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
[2013]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- The final Emancipation Proclamation and military emancipation
- Emancipation and mobilization
- Discrimination front and rear
- Battles, massacres, parades.