Army Life in a Black Regiment (Collector's Library of the Civil War) - Hardcover

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080944237X ISBN 13: 9780809442379

Publisher: Time Life Books, 1982

Synopsis

Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, was a fervent member of New England's abolitionist movement, an active participant in the Underground Railroad, and part of a group that supplied material aid to John Brown before his ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. When the Civil War broke out, Higginson was commissioned as a colonel of the black troops training in the Sea Islands off the coast of the Carolinas.

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About the Author:

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disfranchised peoples.

Review:

"Higginson's picture of the battle which was the origin of 'praise the Lord and pass the ammunition' and his reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to the black regiment are unsurpassed for eloquence."

About this edition

• Publisher: Time Life Books
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 080944237X
• ISBN 13: 9780809442379
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Number of pages: 296