African Canadians in Union Blue: Volunteering for the Cause in the Civil War

When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, he also authorized the U.S. Army to recruit black soldiers for the war effort. Nearly 200,000 men answered the call, and several thousand of them came from Canada. What compelled these men to leave the relative comfort and safety of home to fight in a foreign war? In African Canadians in Union Blue, Richard M. Reid sets out in search of an answer and discovers a group of men whose courage and contributions open a window on the changing understanding of the American Civil War and the ties that held black communities together even as the borders around them shifted and were torn asunder.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 01/01/2015
ISBN: 9781606352557
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.77h x 7.01w x 0.82d