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Soldiering for Freedom : How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops /

After President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, Confederate slaves who could reach Union lines often made that perilous journey. A great many of the young and middle-aged among them, along with other black men in the free and border slave states, joined the Uni...

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Main Authors: Luke, Bob (Author), Smith, John David, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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