An African American History of the Civil War in Hampton Roads, Hardcover - Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander

Reducere. It was in Hampton Roads, Virginia, that hundreds gained their freedom. The teeming wharves were once a major station on the Underground Railroad, a...

Reducere. Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad, Hardcover

Reducere. In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experimental airship for the United States Army Air Serv...

Reducere. The service of African Americans in defense of the Union during the Civil War required African American nurses, doctors and surgeons to heal those ...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380, ...

Reducere. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only lim...

DescriptionIn 1898, in an era of racial terror at home and imperial conquest abroad, the United States sent its troops to suppress the Filipino str...

An African American Dilemma offers the first social history of northern Black debates over school integration versus separation from the 1840s to t...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Battle of Antietam, then keep reading...On September 17th, 1862, US President Abraham Lincol...

Explores the role of race, class, and public space in golf course development, the stories of individual black golfers during the age of segregatio...

Reducere. The Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles: one for freedom from British rule, and another, quieter but no less significant fight for...

Reducere. Deserve s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.--New York Times Book Review " Trulock] brings her subject alive and escorts him through a brillian...

I Freed Myself: African American Self-Emancipation in the Civil War Era - David Williams

Reducere. For a century and a half, Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation has been the dominant narrative of African American freedom in...

Reducere. Near the end of her classic wartime account, Susie King Taylor writes, "there are many people who do not know what some of the colored women did du...

Awards🏆Winner (2002) - Bancroft Prize - (History)Contributor(s): Author: David W. BlightNo historical event has left as deep an imprint on America'...

Reducere. When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863, he had broader aims than simply rallying a war-weary nation. Lincoln realized that t...

Reducere. It was 1862, the second year of the Civil War, though Kansans and Missourians had been fighting over slavery for almost a decade. For the 250 Union...

Reducere. Swashbuckling stories of the Union naval blockade of the Southern states and the blockade runners who smuggled goods to the Confederacy have long b...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the United States of America, then keep reading...Eight captivating manuscripts in one book: The...

Reducere. During the Civil War, Cincinnati played a crucial role in preserving the United States. Not only was the city the North's most populous in the west...

Contributor(s): Author: Mary L. DudziakIn 1958, an African-American handyman named Jimmy Wilson was sentenced to die in Alabama for stealing two do...

Two books in one, telling the story of the American Civil War from two perspectives.

Reducere. The Cambridge History of the American Civil War provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the American Civil War. With contributions from...

Reducere. Take a trip down memory lane to beloved destinations for fun and families across Virginia's tidewater. Cruise the rails of Ocean View Amusement Par...

Reducere. When the Choctaw Nation was forcibly resettled in Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s, it was joined by enslaved Black people--th...

Reducere. The Kentuckian's of the Confederate ArmyThe Orphan Brigade was the nickname given to the First Kentucky Brigade―the largest brigade to be recruited...

Herein The African American Civil Rights Movement is presented with 538 pages of primary documents after the civil war. Take a first-hand look into...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Deadliest War in American History No other war in the history of the United States has sparked as much debate and conflict a...

Reducere. In Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares, John H. Matsui argues that the political ideology and racial views of American Protestants during the ...

The Civil War was undeniably an integral event in American history, but for African Americans, whose personal liberties were dependent upon its out...

DescriptionLeft for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Air...