Record #:

19397

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

William Henry Singleton was born a slave in 1843 in eastern North Carolina. During the Civil War he escaped to New Bern, a city under Union control, and over several months raised and trained a thousand African American soldiers, known as the 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers. Gerard recounts his life from slavery through the war and finally to freedom.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 10, Mar 2013, p52-54, 56, 58-60, il, por

Subject(s):

Singleton, William Henry, 1843-1938