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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

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Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

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Responsibility: Margaret Creighton.

ISBN: 0465014569; 9780465014569; 9780465014576; 0465014577

Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Basic Books,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.

Contents: The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.

Summary: "In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."; "Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.

Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.; Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans.; Immigrants.; Military participation; Women.; Women, White.; Einwanderer.; Frau.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.; Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.; United States.; Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.; Schwarze.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

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Making of African America: The four great migrations

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Author: Berlin, Ira,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Call Number: 326 B515

Alternate Title: The making of African America.

Responsibility: by Ira Berlin.

ISBN: 9780670021376; 0670021377

Author: Berlin, Ira,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Viking,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: 304 pages ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Movement and place in the African American past -- The transatlantic passage -- The passage to the interior -- The passage to the north -- Global passages.

Summary: Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of North America known as the Middle Passage; the relocation of one million slaves to the interior of the antebellum South; the movement of six million blacks to the industrial cities of the north and west a century later; and, since the late 1960s, the arrival of black immigrants from Africa, the Americas, and Europe. These epic migrations have made and remade African American life. This new account evokes both the terrible price and the moving triumphs of a people forcibly and then willingly migrating to America. Historian Ira Berlin finds a dynamic of change in which eras of deep rootedness alternate with eras of massive movement, tradition giving way to innovation. The culture of black America is constantly evolving, affected by (and affecting) places as far away from one another as Biloxi, Chicago, Kingston, and Lagos.--From publisher description.

Subjects: African Americans; Slave trade - United States; Slave trade - Atlantic Ocean; Migration, Internal - United States; Emigration and immigration.; Social science; Africa - Emigration and immigration.; United States - Slavery and bondage - History.; United States - Minorities - History.; United States - Emigration and immigration - History.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 B515

Black family research : records of post-Civil War Federal agencies at the National Archives

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Author: United States National Archives and Records Administration.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 016.326 U58

Responsibility: compiled by Reginald Washington.

Author: United States National Archives and Records Administration.

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Archives and Records Administration ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: Reference Information Paper 108.

Subjects: United States. - Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and abandoned lands - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; United States - Commissioners of Claims - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; United States - Freeman's Bank and Trust Company - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; African Americans - United States; African American families.; Freedmen; Registers of births, etc.

Additional Author: Washington, Reginald.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.326 U58

The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

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Author: Ward, Andrew,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Responsibility: Andrew Ward.

ISBN: 9780618634002; 0618634002; 9780547237923; 0547237928

Author: Ward, Andrew,

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-372) and index.

Summary: The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Slaves - Southern States - Biography.; Freedmen - United States - Biography.; African Americans - Biography.; African Americans.; Freedmen.; Slaves.; Social aspects.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Southern States.; United States.; Biography.; History.; Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster: Prolegomenon to a Social History by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D. in Lancaster City"s southeastern quadrant, at the juncture of North and Strawberry Streets, stands a structure which has long been connected with Lancaster"s Afro-American community: Bethel Africa

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Responsibility: by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4

Subjects: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90

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A slave family

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Author: Kalman, Bobbie.

Date of Publication: Â©2003.

Call Number: 973.049 K14

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Responsibility: Bobbie Kalman & Amanda Bishop.

ISBN: 0778707466; 9780778707462; 077870792X; 9780778707929; 0613529081; 9780613529082

Author: Kalman, Bobbie.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Crabtree Pub.,

Date of Publication: Â©2003.

Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.

Series: Colonial people

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: Quasheba's family -- Slavery in the colonies -- Slave families -- Marriage and children -- Helping one another -- The lives of slave children -- The education of slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Tradespeople -- Culture from Africa -- The cost of freedom.

Summary: Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.

Subjects: Slaves - United States - Juvenile literature.; Plantation life - United States - Juvenile literature.; African American families - Juvenile literature.; African Americans - Juvenile literature.; African American families.; African Americans.; Plantation life.; Slaves; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States.; United States - History - 1600-1775, Colonial period - Juvenile literature.; USHISTORY-SLAVES-JUVLIT.; History.; Juvenile works.

Additional Author: Bishop, Amanda.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.049 K14

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Forgotten patriots : African American and American Indian patriots in the Revolutionary War : a guide to service, sources and studies

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Author: Grundset, Eric.

Date of Publication: c2008.

Call Number: 973.34 G889

Alternate Title: African American and American Indian patriots in the Revolutionary War

Responsibility: Eric G. Grundset, editor and project manager ; with Briana L. Diaz, Hollis L. Gentry, and Jean D. Strahan, researchers.

ISBN: 9781892237101; 1892237105

Author: Grundset, Eric.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,

Date of Publication: c2008.

Physical Description: vi, 854 p. ill., facsims., maps ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 761-812) and index.

Contents: The northern states -- The South -- Miscellaneous naval and military records -- Foreign allies -- West Indies -- Appendices. Map of the enslaved population, 1790 Census ; Documenting the color of participants in the American Revolution ; Names as clues to finding forgotten patriots ; The numbers of minority participants in the Revolution.

Subjects: African Americans; Indians of North America; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, African American.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, Indian.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.

Additional Author: Diaz, Briana L.; Gentry, Hollis L.; Strahan, Jean D.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.34 G889

Black courage, 1775-1783 : documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution

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Author: Greene, Robert Ewell,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 973.346 G811

Responsibility: Robert Ewell Greene.

ISBN: 0960252843 (pbk.)

Author: Greene, Robert Ewell,

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: xi, 141 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 121-124.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: African Americans; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, African American.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.346 G811

Camp William Penn

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Author: Scott, Donald,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 973.7415 S431

Responsibility: Donald Scott.

ISBN: 0738557358; 9780738557359

Author: Scott, Donald,

Place of Publication: Charleston, SC

Publisher: Arcadia Pub.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Images of America

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Located in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during the war. Boasting the biggest free-black population in the country and the 19th-centuryâ€™s epicenter of the Underground Railroad, Philadelphia and Camp William Penn, hosted the greatest anti-slavery abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Robert Purvis, and William Still. Douglass and Tubman spoke to and rallied some of the almost 11,000 soldiers, many of them runaway or ex-slaves, who trained in eleven regiments that fought in a slew of major battles, helped to corner the Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Rebel forces, as well as capture President Lincolnâ€™s assassins. Several earned the Medal of Honor for their bravery, and many gave their lives. At a time when Americaâ€™s very existence was threatened, the warriors and freedom fighters for human equality associated with Camp William Penn were a major part of the countryâ€™s salvation. The complete story is told here. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States. - Colored Troops.; African American soldiers - Pennsylvania - Biography.; African American soldiers - Pennsylvania; La Mott (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Camp William Penn (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7415 S431

Race and revolution

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Author: Nash, Gary B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 973.0496 N249

Responsibility: Gary B. Nash.

ISBN: 0945612117 (alk. paper)

Author: Nash, Gary B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Madison

Publisher: Madison House,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: The Merrill Jensen lectures in constitutional studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index.

Summary: "The most profound crisis of conscience for white Americans at the end of the eighteenth century became their most tragic failure. Race and Revolution is a trenchant study of the revolutionary generation's early efforts to right the apparent contradiction of slavery and of their ultimate compromises that not only left the institution intact but provided it with the protection of a vastly strengthened government after 1788. Reversing the conventional view that blames slavery on the South's social and economic structures, Nash stresses the role of the northern states in the failure to abolish slavery. It was northern racism and hypocrisy as much as southern intransigence that buttressed "the peculiar institution." Nash also shows how economic and cultural factors intertwined to result not in an apparently judicious decision of the new American nation but rather its most significant lost opportunity. Race and Revolution describes the free black community's response to this failure of the revolution's promise, its vigorous and articulate pleas for justice, and the community's successes in building its own African-American institutions within the hostile environment of early nineteenth-century America. Included with the text of Race and Revolution are nineteen rare and crucial documents-letters, pamphlets, sermons, and speeches-which provide evidence for Nash's controversial and persuasive claims. From the words of Anthony Benezet and Luther Martin to those of Absalom Jones and Caesar Sarter, readers may judge the historical record for themselves. 'In reality,' argues Nash, 'the American Revolution represents the largest slave uprising in our history.' Race and Revolution is the compelling story of that failed quest for the promise of freedom." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Antislavery movements - United States.; Abolitionists - United States; African Americans; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - African Americans.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Social aspects.; United States - History - Confederation, 1783-1789.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.0496 N249

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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20679

Websites

Making of African America: The four great migrations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21093

Black family research : records of post-Civil War Federal agencies at the National Archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14147

The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21092

Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo262

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A slave family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20891

Websites

Forgotten patriots : African American and American Indian patriots in the Revolutionary War : a guide to service, sources and studies

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16602

Black courage, 1775-1783 : documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3124

Camp William Penn

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18917

Race and revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9849