6 Black Heroes of the Civil War
As America’s Civil War raged, with the enslavement of millions of people hanging in the balance, African Americans didn’t just sit on the sidelines. Whether enslaved, escaped or born free,…
As America’s Civil War raged, with the enslavement of millions of people hanging in the balance, African Americans didn’t just sit on the sidelines. Whether enslaved, escaped or born free,…
Contents A ‘White Man’s War’? The Second Confiscation and Militia Act (1862) The 54th Massachusetts Confederate Threats The Fight for Equal Pay On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed…
An escaped enslaved man named Peter showing his scarred back at a medical examination in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. Library of Congress By the time he made it to a…
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