Originally published: Boston : Lee & Shepard, 1867. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223).
Contents:
Blacks in the Revolutionary War and in 1812 -- The South-Carolina fright -- The Nat Turner insurrection -- Slave revolt at sea -- Growth of the slave-power -- The John Brown raid -- The first gun of the rebellion -- The union and slavery both to be preserved -- Intelligent contrabands -- Proclamations of Fremont and Hunter -- Heroism of Negroes on the high seas -- General Butler at New Orleans -- The District of Columbia free -- The black brigade of Cincinnati -- Proclamation of freedom -- The new policy -- Arming the blacks -- Battle of Milliken's bend -- Raising black regiments at the north -- Fifty-fourth Massachusetts regiment -- Blacks under fire in South Carolina -- Freedmen under fire in Mississippi -- Battle of Port Hudson -- General banks in Louisiana -- Honors to the noble dead -- The northern wing of the rebellion -- Assault of Fort Wagner -- The slave-martyr -- Battle of Olustee, Florida -- Battle of Poison Springs, Arkansas -- The massacre at Fort Pillow -- Injustice to colored troops -- Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina -- Before Petersburg and Richmond -- Wit and humor of the war -- A thrilling incident of the war -- Progress and justice -- Fourth-of-July celebration at the home of Jeff Davis -- Gallantry, loyalty, and kindness of the Negro -- Fall of the confederacy, and death of President Lincoln -- President Andrew Jackson -- Ill treatment of colored people South -- Protection from the colored people -- Caste -- Sixth regiment United-States volunteers.
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