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The Negro in the American rebellion : his heroism and his fidelity / by William Wells Brown.
1880-1866
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- English
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Descriptive Information
- Title
- The Negro in the American rebellion : his heroism and his fidelity / by William Wells Brown.
- Call Number
- N-004027
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc6q183082h
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1880-1866
- Extent
- xvi, 380 pages : 1 portrait ; 21 cm
- Provenance
- Princeton copy 1 Ownership inscription of Mrs. W.A. Webb on front free endpaper.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- Blacks in the Revolutionary War and in 1812
- The South-Carolina fright
- The Nat Turner insurrection
- Slave revolt at sea
- Growth of the slave-power
- The John Brown raid
- The first gun of the rebellion
- The union and slavery both to be preserved
- Intelligent contrabands
- Proclamations of Fremont and Hunter
- Heroism of Negroes on the high seas
- General Butler at New Orleans
- The District of Columbia free
- The Black brigade of Cincinnati
- Proclamation of freedom
- The new policy
- Arming the blacks
- Battle of Milliken's Ben
- Raising black regiments at the North
- Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment
- Blacks under first in South Carolina
- Freedmen under fire in Mississippi
- Battle of Port Hudson
- General Banks in Louisiana
- Honors to the noble dead
- The northern wing of the rebellion
- Assault on Fort Wagner
- The slave-martyr
- Battle of Olustee, Florida
- Battle of Poison Springs, Arkansas
- The massacre at Fort Pillow
- Injustice to colored troops
- Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina
- Before Petersburg and Richmond
- Wit and humor of the war
- A thrilling incident of the war
- Progress and justice
- Fourth-of-July celebration at the home of Jeff. Davis
- Gallantry, loyalty, and kindness of the Negro
- Fall of the Confederacy, and death of President Lincoln
- President Andrew Johnson
- Ill treatment of colored people south
- Protection for the colored people
- Caste
- Sixth Regiment United-Sates Volunteers.
- Notes
- Includes a frontispiece of author.
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- 404
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- Black History and Culture Evergreen Initiative
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