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Slaves, sailors, citizens
Navy
Marine
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
Sezessionskrieg
Soldat
Civil War, 1861-1865
African American Participation
African American soldiers
Naval Military operations
Military participation
African American
American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658
Negers
Naval operations
United States. Navy
United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
Military History
African Americans
Social conditions
United States
History
"Perhaps one in six Union navy sailors was African American, many of them former slaves. This history shows that the free blacks and "contraband" slaves who joined the navy during the Civil War were essential to Northern victories at sea. Through their role in preserving the Union, they helped to wi…
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