The Black Citizen-Soldiers of Kansas, 1864-1901: Volume 1

by Roger D. Cunningham

Whether slaves or free men, African Americans were generally excluded from military service until Emancipation. Many Americans know the story of the United States Colored Troops, who broke racial barriers in Civil War combat, and of the "buffalo soldiers," who served in the West after that conflict, but African Americans also served in segregated militia units in twenty-three states. This book tells the story of that experience in Kansas.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826218075
• ISBN13: 9780826218070
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5