Publication

2014-05-21 - UBC Press

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100774827459
  • ISBN-139780774827454
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013456724
  • OCLC Control Number869584415
  • Better World Books9780774827454
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCE540.C25R43 2014
  • LCCE540.C25 R43 2014
  • LCCE540.C25 R45 2014

Description

When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he also authorized the army to recruit black soldiers. Nearly 200,000 men answered the call. Several thousand came from Canada, the terminus of the Underground Railroad. What compelled these men to leave the comfort and safety of home to fight in a foreign war? In African Canadians in Union Blue, Richard Reid sets out in search of an answer and discovers a group of men whose courage and contributions open a window on the changing nature of the Civil War and the ties that held black communities together even as the borders around them shifted and were torn asunder.

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