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- GLC#
- GLC06130
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1861
- Author/Creator
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
- Title
- The loyalty & devotion of colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812.
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 24 p. : Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Contains excerpts from speeches and quotations related to African American military service. Includes excerpts from a William Howard Day speech delivered at a convention for African Americans held in Cleveland, Ohio, 9 September 1852; excerpts from an address delivered in 1842 before the Congregational and Presbyterian Anti-Slavery Society of Francestown, New Hampshire, by Dr. Harris (according to many sources an African American Revolutionary War veteran); excerpts from an 1821 speech by Dr. Clarke in the convention to revise the New York State Constitution; a discussion of the formation of a colored regiment in Rhode Island, 1778, and other examples reflective of the service and patriotism of African American soldiers.
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