Bryan Prince

My Brother's Keeper

African Canadians and the American Civil War

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The story of African Canadians who fled slavery in the United States but returned to enlist in the Union forces during the American Civil War. On New Year's Eve in 1862, blacks from across British North America joined in spirit with their American fellows in silent vigils to await the enactment of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The terms declared that slaves who were held in the districts that were in rebellion would be free and that blacks would now be allowed to enlist in the Union Army and participate in the civil war that had then raged for more than a year and a half. African Canadians who had fled from the United State… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4597-0572-2
EAN: 9781459705722
Produktnummer: 20459175
Verlag: Dundurn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 344 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'601 KB

Über den Autor

Bryan Prince is a respected historical researcher on the Underground Railroad, slavery, and abolition. His previous books include One More River to Cross, A Shadow on the Household, and I Came as a Stranger. Bryan is in demand as a presenter throughout North America, and he and his wife were awarded the 2011 prize for the Advancement of Knowledge by the Underground Railroad Free Press. He lives in North Buxton, Ontario.