Research Catalog

Title

The Negro in the American rebellion : his heroism and his fidelity / by William Wells Brown, author of "Sketches of places and people abroad," "The black man," etc.

Author

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.

Publication

Boston : Lee & Shepard, 149 Washington Street, 1867.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lee and Shepard, publisher.
• Geo. C. Rand & Avery, printer.

Description

xvi, 380 p.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans
• African American soldiers > History
• Black author
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans

Note

• "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by William Wells Brown, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery, printers and stereotypers."--printer statment, verso of title page.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Blacks in the Revolutionary War and in 1812 -- ch. 2. The South-Carolina fright -- ch. 3. The Nat Turner insurrection -- ch. 4. Slave revolt at sea -- ch. 5. Growth of the slave-power -- ch. 6. The John Brown raid -- ch. 7. The first gun of the rebellion -- ch. 8. The Union and slavery both to be preserved -- ch. 9. Intelligent contrabands -- ch. 10. Proclamations of Fremont and Hunter -- ch. 11. Heroism of Negroes on the high seas -- ch. 12. General Butler at New Orleans -- ch. 13. The District of Columbia free -- ch. 14. The black brigade of Cincinnati -- ch. 15. Proclamation of freedom -- ch. 16. The new policy -- ch. 17. Arming the blacks -- ch. 18. Battle of Milliken's Bend -- ch. 19. Raising black regiments at the North -- ch. 20. Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment -- ch. 21. Blacks under fire in South Carolina -- ch. 22. Freedmen under fire in Mississippi -- ch. 23. Battle of Port Hudson -- ch. 24. General Banks in Louisiana -- ch. 25. Honors of the noble dead -- ch. 26. The northern wing of the rebellion -- ch. 27. Assault on Fort Wagner -- ch. 28. The slave-martyr -- ch. 29. Battle of Olustee, Florida -- ch. 30. Battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas -- ch. 31. The massacre at Fort Pillow -- ch. 32. Injustice to colored troops -- ch. 33. Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina -- ch. 34. Before Petersburg and Richmond -- ch. 35. Wit and humor of the war -- ch. 36. A thrilling incident of the war -- ch. 37. Progress and justice -- ch. 38. Fourth-of-July celebration at the home of Jeff. Davis -- ch. 39. Gallantry, loyalty, and kindness of the Negro -- ch. 40. Fall of the Confederacy, and death of President Lincoln -- ch. 41. President Andrew Johnson -- ch. 42. Ill treatment of colored people south -- ch. 43. Protection for the colored people --ch. 44. Caste -- ch. 45. Sixth Regiment United-States Volunteers.

Call Number

Sc Rare 973.7-B (Brown, W. W. Negro in the American rebellion)

LCCN

nuc87383297

OCLC

476340472

Author

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.

Title

The Negro in the American rebellion : his heroism and his fidelity / by William Wells Brown, author of "Sketches of places and people abroad," "The black man," etc.

Imprint

Boston : Lee & Shepard, 149 Washington Street, 1867.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1731

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 973.7-B (accession no. B593847) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Lee and Shepard, publisher.

Geo. C. Rand & Avery, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 973.7-B (Brown, W. W. Negro in the American rebellion)