Record #:

18098

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

Recruiting slaves to serve in segregated regiments was a Union tactic to bolster ranks throughout the war. This article looks at a specific case in North Carolina centered on Abraham Galloway, an outspoken African-American man and escaped slave. Galloway became a respected leader both during the war as a ferocious fighter and afterwards as an elected politician.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 5, Oct 2012, p60-62, 64, 67, 69-71, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans