History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 / Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens — George Washington Williams

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 / Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens

George Washington Williams

History
Book language: English
783 pages

Volume two of George Washington Williams's history covers 1800 to 1880, tracing Black Americans as enslaved people, soldiers, and citizens. Written by an African American historian and legislator, it uses documents and records to chronicle slavery, abolition, the Civil War, and citizenship. It offers a valuable nineteenth-century perspective on a decisive period.

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Contents

HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA.
CHAPTER I. RESTRICTION AND EXTENSION. 1800-1825.
CHAPTER II. NEGRO TROOPS IN THE WAR OF 1812.
CHAPTER III. NEGROES IN THE NAVY.
CHAPTER IV. RETROSPECTION AND REFLECTION. 1825-1850.
CHAPTER V. ANTI-SLAVERY METHODS.
CHAPTER VI. ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORTS OF FREE NEGROES.
CHAPTER VII. NEGRO INSURRECTIONS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE "AMISTAD" CAPTIVES.
CHAPTER IX. NORTHERN SYMPATHY AND SOUTHERN SUBTERFUGES. 1850-1860.
CHAPTER X. THE "BLACK LAWS" OF "BORDER STATES."
CHAPTER XI. THE NORTHERN NEGROES.
CHAPTER XII. NEGRO SCHOOL LAWS. 1619-1860.
CHAPTER XIII. JOHN BROWN—HERO AND MARTYR.
CHAPTER XIV. DEFINITION OF THE WAR ISSUE.
CHAPTER XV. "A WHITE MAN'S WAR."
CHAPTER XVI. THE NEGRO ON FATIGUE DUTY.
CHAPTER XVII. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATIONS.
CHAPTER XVIII. EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES AS SOLDIERS.
CHAPTER XIX. NEGROES AS SOLDIERS.
CHAPTER XX. CAPTURE AND TREATMENT OF NEGRO SOLDIERS.
CHAPTER XXI. RECONSTRUCTION[116]—MISCONSTRUCTION. 1865-1875.
CHAPTER XXII. THE RESULTS OF EMANCIPATION.
CHAPTER XXIII. REPRESENTATIVE COLORED MEN.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
CHAPTER XXV. THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE COLORED BAPTISTS OF AMERICA.
CHAPTER XXVII. REACTION, PERIL, AND PACIFICATION. 1875-1880.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE EXODUS—CAUSE AND EFFECT.
CHAPTER XXIX. RETROSPECTION AND PROSPECTION.

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