Freedom's Witness: The Civil War Correspondence of Henry McNeal Turner - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jean Lee Cole (Editor), Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Foreword by)Series:RegenerationsPublish date:2013-03-01Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781935978619ISBN-10:1935978616UPC:9781935978619Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCEM4BZQ97
Freedom's Witness: The Civil War Correspondence of Henry McNeal Turner
With an introduction by Jean Lee Cole and a foreword by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Freedom's Witness: The Civil War Correspondence of Henry McNeal Turner restores this important figure to the historical and literary record.
Series: Regenerations
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781935978619ISBN-10:1935978616UPC:9781935978619Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCEM4BZQ97
Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915) was born free, but poor, in South Carolina. He joined the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E. Church) as a young man and quickly rose to become pastor of congregations in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. In Washington, he actively recruited black troops for the Union army, and in 1863 he was awarded the chaplaincy of the 1st Regiment U.S. Colored Troops. After the...
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
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