participation, african american

Examines the lives and experiences of African-Americans during the Civil War years from the auction block to the battlefields.

Explains the events leading up to the formation of the Massachusetts 54th, a regiment of free African-Americans, and its participation in the Civil War, and includes sidebars with quotations from leaders of the time and facts about the soldiers.

An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.

Describes the crucial role played by African-American soldiers in securing victory for the Union in the Civil War.

Obi escapes from slavery during the Civil War, joins a black Union regiment, and soon becomes involved in the bloody fighting at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

Describes slavery in the United States, the harsh conditions under which slaves lived, the active and passive resistance with which they fought for their rights, the revolts, and the involvement of slaves in the Civil War.

Joe Duckett, having escaped slavery to join the Union Army, becomes a hero in his regiment, but his most dangerous task is still before him when he makes plans to return to the plantation from which he fled to claim his wife and daughter.

Photos, prints, and documents describe the black contribution to the American Civil War.

Presents a narrative that recreates the events during the War of 1812 that inspired hundreds of slaves to pressure British admirals into becoming liberators by using their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war.

Tells the story of the contributions made by Sergeant Christian Fleetwood and other escaped slaves, ex-slaves, and freemen to the Union cause and how they overcame oppression, suspicion, and Confederate gunfire during the Battle of New Market Heights in 1864.