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18 November 1863- October 1864

Woodlin, William P., fl. 1863-1864

[Diary of an African American soldier in 8th Regiment United States Colored Troops, Company G]

Woodlin's brief entries describe camp life, his service with the regimental band as a horn player, several battles, the weather, equal pay with white soldiers, and the famous 54th Massachusetts Regiment, among many other topics. He describes his...

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Elliott West - "Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion"

Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Elliott West is Alumni Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Arkansas. Order Continental Reckoning at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...

Lesson Plan

Travels Through Time: The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on the Struggle for African American Equality

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview After the Civil War, African Americans were under attack as they struggled for equal rights in America. Laws were put in place during Reconstruction to assure Freedmen basic civil rights. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and...

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Pamphlet

circa 1856

Infidelity and abolitionism. An open letter to the friends of religion, morality, and the American Union.

Attacks the Presidential campaign of John C. Fremont. "John C. Fremont is the candidate for the Presidency of conjoined fanaticisms... We assert and defy contradiction, that every organization boasting infidel doctrines is now an organization in...

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