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What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Common terms and phrasesAbraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson arms army assault battery battle battle of Olustee blood body Brahmin brave bravery brigade buried called Callioux Capt captured Carolina cavalry charge cheers Cole Island colonel colored soldiers colored troops command Company dead death dollars duty enemy enemy's escape feel fell Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Massachusetts fight fire flag Folly Island force fought freedom friends glory Government gunboat hands heart heroic honor hundred Huzza infantry Jeff killed land liberty Lieut Lincoln Major Booth Massa master ment miles Morris Island mulatto murdered negro never New-York niggers night o'clock officers Port Hudson Praise de Lord President prisoners proclamation race rebel Rebellion received regiment replied river road Robert Small Sergt Shaw shell shot slavery slaves South South Carolina Southern surrender Union Union army Volunteers white troops wounded Popular passagesPage 134 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such... Page 134 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom... Page 134 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States... Page 134 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free... Page 24 - For he who knoweth his Master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, and thus have I chastened you. Page 135 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. Page 135 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free, and that the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. Page 134 - Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and... Page 319 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. Page 328 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarCivil War: The Role of Ex-Slaves after the Civil WarGeorge Washington Carver, Ida Wells-Barnett Running head: Civil War: The Role Of Ex-slavesGeorge Washington Carver, Ida Wells-Barnett References from web pagesHistoric References - Page Five The Negro in the American Rebellion (work by Brown) -- Britannica ... "Civil" War wounds: William Wells Brown, violence, and the ... Michael S. Davis - Campfires of Freedom: The Camp Life of Black ... bibliovault - Negro In American Rebellion: His Heroism & His Fidelity Merchant Marine in the Civil War BLACK BRIGADE OF CINCINNATI. William Wells Brown Suggested Reading List Heath Anthology of American literaturewilliam Wells Brown - Author ... Bibliographic information
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