Bluejackets and Contrabands: African Americans and the Union Navy by Barbara Brooks Tomblin

Bluejackets and Contrabands: African Americans and the Union Navy

Barbara Brooks Tomblin

373 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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One of the lesser known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast. From the beginning of the war, many African American refugees sought avenues of escape to the North. Due to their...

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