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The Civil War and Natchez U.S. Colored Troops

December 13, 2022December 28, 2022 Deborah Fountain race, slavery

By the end of the Civil War, nearly 200,000 Black men served as US soldiers and sailors. Of that number, more than 17,000

On War and U.S. Slavery: Enslaved Black Women’s Experiences

November 7, 2022October 29, 2022 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Gender, slavery

The experiences of enslaved women and girls in the wars of the United States has garnered increased scholarly attention, most

Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez and the African American Community of New Orleans during the Civil War

October 19, 2022October 13, 2022 Anthony J. Cade II abolition, Civil War, Louis Charles Roundanez, Newspapers, slavery

Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez lived an extraordinary life. He traveled the world, earned two medical degrees, started two newspapers, and was an activist during

The Consequences of USCT Soldiering

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. Civil War, Pension System, reparations, United States Colored Infantry, United States Colored Troop, USCI, USCT

Solomon Wilson, a Thirty-First United States Colored Infantry (USCI) soldier, died in a regimental hospital on August 6, 1864. An

Black Perspectives Summer Books Preview, Part II

April 28, 2022April 27, 2022 Robert Greene II Civil War, Great Migration, Katrina, Memory, Politics

Yesterday, Black Perspectives published part I of a Summer Books preview, covering a select number of books published in April