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Author Leonard, Elizabeth D.

Title Men of color to arms! : Black soldiers, Indian wars, and the quest for equality / Elizabeth D. Leonard.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  355.0089 LEONARD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Wanted : Black men for federal army service -- Black soldiers go west -- Doing the nation's work on the western frontier -- National progress, race thinking, and taking on West Point -- Insult and injury -- Struggling for citizenship in the 1890s.
Subject African American soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Participation, African American.
Subject Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Participation, African American.
United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century.
Added Title Black soldiers, Indian wars, and the quest for equality
ISBN 9780393060393 hardcover
039306039X hardcover
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