Army Life In A Black Regiment - Softcover

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1162653558 ISBN 13: 9781162653556

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

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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: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1162653558
• ISBN 13: 9781162653556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224