Men of Color to Arms! : Black Soldiers, Indian Wars, and the Quest for Equality

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Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2012-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Summary

In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass promised African Americans that serving in the military offered a sure path to freedom. More than 180,000 black men heeded his call to defend the Union, only to find that the path to equality would not be so straightforward. Drawing on eye-opening firsthand accounts, Elizabeth D. Leonard restores black soldiers to their place in the arc of American history, from the Civil War and its promise of freedom up to the dawn of the twentieth century and the full retrenchment of Jim Crow. Along the way, Leonard offers a nuanced account of black soldiers' involvement in the Indian wars, their attempts to desegregate West Point and gain proper recognition for their service, and their experiences during Reconstruction, as blacks worked to secure their place in an ever-changing nation. With abundant primary research, enlivened by memorable characters and vivid descriptions of army life, Men of Color to Arms!is an illuminating portrait of a group of men whose contributions to American history, as this book abundantly demonstrates, merit a more thorough examination.

Author Biography

Elizabeth D. Leonard is the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History at Colby College and the author of five books, including Lincoln's Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Reunion after the Civil War and Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
Wanted: Black Men for Federal Army Servicep. 1
Black Soldiers Go Westp. 35
Doing the Nation's Work on the Western Frontierp. 76
National Progress, Race Thinking, and Taking On West Pointp. 124
Insult and Injuryp. 175
Struggling for Citizenship in the 1890sp. 210
Notesp. 249
Indexp. 293
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