Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and U.S. Colored Troops

Feb 19, 2013


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New York Historical Society

Scholars talked about the contributions, sacrifices, and challenges faced by African Americans who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. Under the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union Army .. Read More
Scholars talked about the contributions, sacrifices, and challenges faced by African Americans who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. Under the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union Army began recruiting so-called colored troops for the first time.

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  • Bay, Mia
  • Blight, David W.
  • Holzer, Harold
  • Leonard, Elizabeth D.
  • Bay, Mia

    Associate Director Rutgers University->Center for Race and Ethnicity
  • Blight, David W.

    Director Yale University->Gilder Lehrman Ctr. for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
  • Holzer, Harold

    Chairman Lincoln (Abraham) Bicentennial Foundation
  • Leonard, Elizabeth D.

    Chair Colby College->History Department