Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Buffalo soldiers are often confused with the African-American soldiers who fought during the Civil War. Although over 180,000 black soldiers fought in black regiments during the war, the term “Buffalo...
View ArticleThe Life of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous conductors of the underground railroad. She made a total of 19 trips between the north and the south over 10 years and brought 300 slaves to freedom, including...
View ArticleThe Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass is one of the most well-known abolitionists and orators of the Civil War era. Born a slave, under the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, in February 1818 on a plantation in...
View ArticleHarriet Tubman Assaulted by a Racist Train Conductor
When Harriet Tubman was working as a nurse during the Civil War, she was assaulted one day in October of 1865 by a train conductor on the Camden & South Amboy railroad while on her way back from...
View ArticleHarriet Tubman Didn’t Like Abraham Lincoln
During an interview with a writer named Rose Belle Holt in 1886, Harriet Tubman stated that she did not like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and only learned to appreciate him after her friend,...
View ArticleAfrican-American Soldiers Protested Their Low Pay
When African-American soldiers were finally allowed to enlist in the Union army in the summer of 1862, they quickly discovered they earned much less than white soldiers. Black soldiers earned $10 a...
View ArticleAfrican-American POWs and the Lieber Code
After African-American men were allowed to join the Union army in the summer of 1862, the Confederate army instituted a policy to sell all captured black Union soldiers into slavery. At the urging of...
View ArticleThe Fort Pillow Massacre
The Fort Pillow Massacre occurred after the Union defeat at the battle of Fort Pillow in Henning, Tennessee on April 12, 1864. During the initial phase of the battle, the Confederate army bombarded the...
View ArticleAfrican Americans in the Civil War
African Americans played an important part in the Civil War. From soldiers and laborers to nurses and spies, their presence had a significant impact on the outcome of the war. Soldiers and Laborers It...
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