Description |
1 online resource (xix, 206 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
1. "These Unjust ... Distinctions Ought to Be Abolished": African American Militia Units during the Civil War -- 2. "Strong, Healthy, Well-Developed Men": The Kansas State Militia and National Guard during the Gilded Age -- 3. "Ready for Any Emergency That May Require Their Services": The Black Militia Companies in Topeka and Lawrence -- 4. "De Snidest Capting in de State": Black Martial Spirit in Wyandotte, Olathe, and Atchison -- 5. "We Ask Your Approval": The Reserve Militia Companies in Topeka and Leavenworth -- 6. "So Near the Acme of Perfection": The Independent Companies in Kansas City and Wichita -- 7. "We Have the Number and the Right Kind of Men for the Business": Black Kansans and the Spanish-American War |
Summary |
"Drawing on service records, African American newspapers, and official correspondence, Roger Cunningham tells the history of Kansas's Black militiamen and volunteers who provided military service from the Civil War until the dawn of the twentieth century, relating the stories of numerous individuals along the way"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
English |
|
Print version record |
|
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Kansas. Militia -- History -- 19th century
|
|
Kansas. National Guard -- History -- 19th century
|
SUBJECT |
Kansas. Militia fast |
|
Kansas. National Guard fast |
Subject |
African American soldiers -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century
|
|
African American soldiers -- Kansas -- Biography
|
|
African Americans -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
|
|
African American soldiers
|
|
African Americans
|
|
Race relations
|
|
Ethnische Beziehungen
|
|
Miliz
|
SUBJECT |
Kansas -- History, Military -- 19th century
|
|
Kansas -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Anecdotes
|
|
Kansas -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
|
Subject |
Kansas
|
|
Kansas
|
|
Schwärze
|
Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
|
|
Biographies
|
|
History
|
|
Military history
|
|
Biographies.
|
|
Anecdotes.
|
|
Biographies.
|
|
Anecdotes.
|
Form |
Electronic book
|
LC no. |
2008018264 |
ISBN |
9780826266507 |
|
0826266509 |
|