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Author Calbreath, Dean, author.

Title The sergeant : the incredible life of Nicholas Said : son of an African general, slave of the Ottomans, free man under the tsars, hero of the Union Army / Dean Calbreath.

Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SAID, NICHOLAS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Basement Materials  B SAID, NICHOLAS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-SAID, N.    Check Shelf
Edition First Pegasus Books edition.
Description 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary "From his noble childhood in the kingdom of Borno to being kidnapped into slavery, the inspiring life-story of Nicholas Said is an epic journey that takes him from Africa and the Ottoman Empire through Czarist Russia and, finally, to heroic acclaim in the American Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-297) and index.
Subject Said, Nicholas, 1836-1882.
Nigerian Americans -- Biography.
Muslims -- Biography.
Freed persons -- Biography.
Borno State (Nigeria) -- Biography.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865) -- Biography.
Said, Nicholas, 1836-1882 -- Travel.
Slavery -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Title Incredible life of Nicholas Said
ISBN 9781639363247 hardcover
1639363246 hardcover
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