Historical Report: Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany, sub-assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and late major 104th U.S. Colored Troops [Excerpt]
Subject
Martin Delany
Title
Historical Report: Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany, sub-assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and late major 104th U.S. Colored Troops [Excerpt]
Date
1868
Type
Historical Report
Description
Note: See p. 151 (slide #155), “Recruiting As It Was".
HathiTrust features an 1868 historical report by Frank A. Rollin on the Life and Services of Martin Robison Delany- a Black abolitionist, Union Army field officer, and writer. The source gives an account of Delany’s activity in recruiting Black troops for the Union cause. Delany provides a perspective on the legitimacy of his system of recruitment versus the “various methods of deceptions under the pretext of recruiting” used by others.
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HathiTrust features an 1868 historical report by Frank A. Rollin on the Life and Services of Martin Robison Delany- a Black abolitionist, Union Army field officer, and writer. The source gives an account of Delany’s activity in recruiting Black troops for the Union cause. Delany provides a perspective on the legitimacy of his system of recruitment versus the “various methods of deceptions under the pretext of recruiting” used by others.
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Publisher
HathiTrust (Contributor: University of Michigan)
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“Historical Report: Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany, sub-assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and late major 104th U.S. Colored Troops [Excerpt],” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 12, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/338.