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My brother's keeper : African Canadians and the American Civil War / Bryan Prince.

by Prince, Bryan, 1951-

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Dundurn, [2015]

Blacks -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Black Canadian.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blacks -- Canada.

Canada -- History -- 1841-1867.

9781459705708 (pbk.)

145970570X (pbk.)

347 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.

A look at African Canadians who participated in the American Civil War.

"The story of African Canadians who fled slavery in the United States but returned to enlist in the Union forces during the American Civil War. On New Year's Eve in 1862, Blacks from across British North America joined in spirit with their American fellows in silent vigils to await the enactment of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The terms declared that slaves who were held in the districts that were in rebellion would be free and that Blacks would now be allowed to enlist in the Union Army and participate in the civil war that had then raged for more than a year and a half. African Canadians who had fled from the United States eagerly sought to do their part in securing rights and liberty for all. Leaving behind their freedom in Canada, many enlisted in the Union cause. Most served as soldiers or sailors while others became recruiters, surgeons, or regimental chaplains. Bryan Prince is the author of One More River to Cross, A Shadow on the Household, and I Came as a Stranger. He lives in North Buxton, Ontario"--Provided by publisher.

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