My Brother's Keeper (eBook)

African Canadians and the American Civil War

Bryan Prince (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
344 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0572-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The stirring story of African Canadians who had fled slavery and oppression in the
United States but returned to enlist in the Union forces in the American Civil War.

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The story of African Canadians who fled slavery in the United States but returned to enlist in the Union forces during the American Civil War. On New Year's Eve in 1862, blacks from across British North America joined in spirit with their American fellows in silent vigils to await the enactment of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The terms declared that slaves who were held in the districts that were in rebellion would be free and that blacks would now be allowed to enlist in the Union Army and participate in the civil war that had then raged for more than a year and a half. African Canadians who had fled from the United States had not forgotten their past and eagerly sought to do their part in securing rights and liberty for all. Leaving behind their freedom in Canada, many enlisted in the Union cause. Most served as soldiers or sailors while others became recruiters, surgeons, or regimental chaplains. Entire black communities were deeply affected by this war that profoundly and irrevocably changed North American history.

Autor

Bryan Prince is a respected historical researcher on the Underground Railroad, slavery, and abolition. His previous books include One More River to Cross, A Shadow on the Household, and I Came as a Stranger. Bryan is in demand as a presenter throughout North America, and he and his wife were awarded the 2011 prize for the Advancement of Knowledge by the Underground Railroad Free Press. He lives in North Buxton, Ontario.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.12.2014
• Zusatzinfo: notes
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 1 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Abolitionists • Abraham Lincoln • American Civil War • Anderson Abbott • Battle of the Crater • Buxton • Chatham • Colored Troops • Detroit • Fort Wagner • freedmen • Garland H. White • John Brown • John Rapier • Martin Delany • Mary Ann Shadd • Samuel Gridley Howe • Slave • Solomon King • St. Catharines • Underground Railroad • U.S. C. T.
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-0572-6 / 1459705726
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-0572-2 / 9781459705722