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Author Cunningham, Roger D., 1950-

Title The Black citizen-soldiers of Kansas, 1864-1901 / Roger D. Cunningham
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008

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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
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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