Negro in the American Rebellion His Heroism and His Fidelity 1st Edition by William Wells Brown, John David Smith ISBN 9780821441756 0821441756

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Author: William Wells Brown,  John David Smith 

In 1863, as the Civil War raged, the escaped slave, abolitionist, and novelist William Wells Brown identified two groups most harmful to his race. “The first and most relentless,” he explained, “are those who have done them the greatest injury, by being instrumental in their enslavement and consequent degradation. They delight to descant upon the ‘natural inferiority’ of the blacks, and claim that we were destined only for a servile condition, entitled neither to liberty nor the legitimate pursuit of happiness.”
“The second class,” Brown concluded, “are those who are ignorant of the characteristics of the race, and are the mere echoes of the first.” Four years later, Brown wrote the first military history of African Americans, The Negro in the American Rebellion. This text assailed those whose hatred and ignorance inclined them to keep blacks oppressed after Appomattox.
This critical edition of The Negro in the American Rebellion, one of Brown’s least-analyzed texts, is the first to appear in more than three decades. In his introduction, historian John David Smith identifies the text’s Anglo-American abolitionist roots, sets it in the context of Brown’s other writings, appraises it as military history, analyzes its interpretation of black masculinity and honor, and focuses closely on Brown’s assessment of contemporary racial tensions.
Largely ignored by scholars, The Negro in the American Rebellion, Smith argues, is a powerful transitional text, one that confronted squarely the neo-slavery of the Reconstruction era.
“Whites,” Brown wrote, “appear determined to reduce the blacks to a state of serfdom if they cannot have them as slaves.” His important text was a call to arms in the ongoing race struggle. Smith’s analysis, framed within recent scholarship on slavery, emancipation, and African American participation in the U.S. army, is long overdue.

Table of contents: 

CHAPTER L
BLACKS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND IN 1812.
The First Cargo of Slaves landed in the Colonies in 1620. – Slave Representation in Congress. Opposition to the Slave-trade. – Crispus Attucks, the First Victim of the Revolutionary War. – Bancroft’s Testimony. Capture of Gen. Prescott. – Colored Men in the War of 1812. Gen. Andrew Jackson on Negro Soldiers

CHAPTER II.
THE SOUTH-CAROLINA FRIGHT.
Denmark Vesey, Peter Poyas, and their Companions. The Deep-laid Plans. – Religious Fanaticism. The Discovery. The Trials. – Convictions. – Executions

CHAPTER III.
THE NAT TURNER INSURRECTION.
Nat Turner. – His Associates. Their Meetings. – Nat’s Religious Enthusiasm. – Bloodshed. – Wide-spread Terror. – The Trials and Executions

CHAPTER IV.
SLAVE REVOLT AT SEA.
Madison Washington. – His Escape from the South. – His Love of Liberty. His Return. His Capture. The Brig “Creole.” The Slave-traders. Capture of the Vessel. – Freedom of the Oppressed

CHAPTER V.
GROWTH OF THE SLAVE-POWER.
Introduction of the Cotton-gin. Its Effect on Slavery. – Fugitive Slave Law. Anthony Burns. The Dred Scott Decision. – Imprisonment for reading “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” – Struggles with Slavery

CHAPTER VI.
THE JOHN BROWN RAID.
John Brown. – His Religious Zeal. – His Hatred to Slavery. – Organization of his Army. – Attack on Harper’s Ferry. His Execution. – John Brown’s Companions, Green and Copeland. – The Executions

CHAPTER VII.
THE FIRST GUN OF THE REBELLION.
Nomination of Fremont. Nomination of Lincoln. – The Mob Spirit. – Spirit of Slavery. The Democracy. Cotton. – Northern Response of the Colored Men. Promises to the Rebels. Assault on Fort Sumter.

CHAPTER VIII.
THE UNION AND SLAVERY BOTH TO BE PRESERVED.
Union Generals offer to suppress Slave-insurrections. Return of Slaves coming into our Army.

CHAPTER IX.
INTELLIGENT CONTRABANDS.
James Lawson. – His Bravery. Rescue of his Wife and Children. – He is sent out on Important Business. He fights his Way back. He is admired by Gens. Hooker and Sickles. – Rhett’s Servant. “Foraging for Butter and Eggs”

CHAPTER X.
PROCLAMATIONS OF FREMONT AND HUNTER.
Gen. Fremont’s Proclamation, and its Effect on the Public Mind. Gen. Hunter’s Proclamation; the Feeling it created

CHAPTER XI.
HEROISM OF NEGROES ON THE HIGH SEAS.
Heroism of Negroes. William Tillman recaptures “The S. G. Waring.” George Green. Robert Small captures the Steamer “Planter.” – Admiral Dupont’s Opinion on Negro Patriotism

CHAPTER XII.
GENERAL BUTLER AT NEW ORLEANS.
Recognition of Negro Soldiers with Officers of their own Color. Society in New Orleans. The Inhuman Master. – Justice. Change of Opinion. The Free Colored Population

CHAPTER XIII.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FREE.
Emancipation in the District. Comments of the Press. – The Good Result. – Recognition of Hayti and Liberia. The Slave-trader Gordon

CHAPTER XIV.
THE BLACK BRIGADE OF CINCINNATI.
The Great Fright. – Cruel Treatment of the Colored People by the Police. – Bill Homer and his Roughs. Military Training. – Col. Dickson. The Work. Mustering Out. – The Thanks

CHAPTER XV.
PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.
Emancipation Proclamation. Copperhead View of it. “Abraham, spare the South.” – The Contrabands Rejoicing. – The Songs. – Enthusiasm. – Faith in God. – Negro Wit. – “Forever Free”

CHAPTER XVI.
THE NEW POLICY.
A New Policy announced. Adjutant-Gen. Thomas. – Major-Gen. Prentiss. – Negro Wit and Humor. Proslavery Correspondents. Feeling in the Army. – Let the Blacks fight

CHAPTER XVII.
ARMING THE BLACKS.
Department of the South. Gen. Hunter enlisting Colored Men. – Letter to Gov. Andrew. Success. The Earnest Prayer. – The Negro’s Confidence in God.

CHAPTER XVIII.
BATTLE OF MILLIKEN’S BEND.
Contraband Regiments; their Bravery; the Surprise. Hand-to-hand Fight. “No Quarter.” – Negroes rather die than surrender. The Gunboat and her Dreadful Havoc with the Enemy.

CHAPTER XIX.
RAISING BLACK REGIMENTS AT THE NORTH.
Prejudices at the North. – Black Laws of Illinois and Indiana. – Ill Treatment of Negroes. The Blacks forget their Wrongs, and come to the Rescue

CHAPTER XX.
FIFTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.
Its Organization. Its Appearance. Col. Shaw. Presentation of Colors. Its Dress-parade. – Its Departure from Boston

CHAPTER XXI.
BLACKS UNDER FIRE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Expedition up the St. Mary’s River. The Negroes long for a Fight. Their Gallantry in Battle

CHAPTER XXII.
FREEDMEN UNDER FIRE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Bravery of the Freedmen. Desperation of the Rebels. Severe Battle. – Negroes Triumphant

CHAPTER XXIII.
BATTLE OF PORT HUDSON.
The Louisiana Native Guard. Capt. Callioux. The Weather. Spirit of the Troops. The Battle begins. “Charge.” – Great Bravery. The Gallant Color-bearer. Grape, Canister, and Shell sweep down the Heroic Men. Death of Callioux. Comments

CHAPTER XXIV.
GENERAL BANKS IN LOUISIANA.
Gen. Banks at New Orleans. Old Slave-laws revived. Treatment of Free Colored Persons. Col. Jonas H. French. – Ill Treatment at Port Hudson

CHAPTER XXV.
HONORS TO THE NOBLE DEAD.
Capt. André Callioux. – His Body lies in State. – Personal Appearance. His Enthusiasm. – His Popularity. His Funeral. The great Respect paid the Deceased. General Lamentation

CHAPTER XXVI.
THE NORTHERN WING OF THE REBELLION.
The New-York Mob. – Murder, Fire, and Robbery. The City given up to the Rioters. – Whites and Blacks robbed in Open Day in the Great Thoroughfares. Negroes murdered, burned, and their Bodies hung on Lamp-posts. – Southern Rebels at the Head of the Riot

CHAPTER XXVII.
ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER.
The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment. Col. Shaw. March to the Island. – Preparation. Speeches. The Attack. Storm of Shot, Shell, and Canister. – Heroism of Officers and Men. – Death of Col. Shaw. The Color-sergeant. “Buried with his Niggers.” – Comments. The Retreat

CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE SLAVE-MARTYR.
The Siege of Washington, N.C. – Big Bob, the Negro Scout. – The Perilous Adventure. The Fight. Return. Night-expedition. The Fatal Sandbar. The Enemy’s Shells. – “Somebody’s got to die to get us out of this, and it may as well be me.” Death of Bob. – Safety of the Boat

CHAPTER XXIX.
BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, FLORIDA.
The Union Troops decoyed into a Swamp. They are outnumbered. Their Great Bravery. The Heroism of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts. – Death of Col. Fribley

CHAPTER XXX.
BATTLE OF POISON SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.
Hard-fought Battle. – Bravery of the Kansas Colored Troops. They die, but will not yield. Outnumbered by the Rebels. Another Severe Battle. – The Heroic Negro, after being wounded, fights till he dies

CHAPTER XXXI.
THE MASSACRE AT FORT PILLOW.
Assault and Capture of the Fort. “No Quarter.” – Rebel Atrocities. Gens. Forrest and Chalmers. Firing upon Flags of Truce. Murder of Men, Women, and Children. – Night after the Assault. – Buried Alive. – Morning after the Massacre

CHAPTER XXXII.
INJUSTICE TO COLORED TROOPS.
The Pay of the Men. – Government refuses to keep its Promise. – Efforts of Gov. Andrew to have Justice done. Complaint of the Men. – Mutiny. Military Murder. – Everlasting Shame

CHAPTER XXXIII.
BATTLE OF HONEY HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Union Troops. The March. The Enemy. The Earthworks. The Battle. – Desperate Fighting. Swamp. Great Bravery. Col. Hartwell. Fifty-fifth Massachusetts. The Dying and the Dead. The Retreat. The Enemy’s Position. – Earthworks. His Advantages. The Union Forces. The Blacks. – Our Army outnumbered by the Rebels. Their Concealed Batteries. Skirmishing. The Rebels retreat to their Base. The Battle. Great Bravery of our Men. The Fifty-fifth Massachusetts saves the Army

CHAPTER XXXIV.
BEFORE PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND.
Assault and Failure. Who to blame. Heroic Conduct of the Blacks. The Mine. Success at the Second Attack. – Death of a Gallant Negro. – A Black Officer

CHAPTER XXXV.
WIT AND HUMOR OF THE WAR.
Negro Wit and Humor. The Faithful Sentinel. The Sentinel’s Respect for the United-States Uniform. The “Nail-kag.” – The Poetical Drummer-boy. Contrabands on Sherman’s March. – Negro Poetry on Freedom. The Soldier’s Speech. – Contraband capturing his Old Master

CHAPTER XXXVI.
A THRILLING INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
Heroic Escape of a Slave. – His Story of his Sister. – Resides North. Joins the Army, and returns to the South during the Rebellion. Search for his Mother. Finds her. Thrilling Scene. – Truth stranger than Fiction

CHAPTER XXXVII.
PROGRESS AND JUSTICE.
Great Change in the Treatment of Colored Troops. – Negro Appointments. Justice to the Black Soldiers. Steamer “Planter.” Progress. The Paymaster at last. John S. Rock

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
FOURTH-OF-JULY CELEBRATION AT THE HOME OF JEFF. DAVIS.
Fourth-of-July Celebration at the Home of Jeff. Davis in Mississippi. – The Trip. – Joe Davis’s Place. Jeff.’s Place. The Dinner. – Speeches and Songs. Lively Times. Return to Vicksburg

CHAPTER XXXIX.
GALLANTRY, LOYALTY, AND KINDNESS OF THE NEGRO.
The Nameless Hero at Fair Oaks. The Chivalry whipped by their Former Slaves. Endurance of the Blacks. Man in Chains. One Negro whips Three Rebels. – Gallantry. Outrages on the Blacks. Kindness of the Negroes. – Welcome

CHAPTER XL.
FALL OF THE CONFEDERACY, AND DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
Flight of Jeff. Davis from Richmond. Visit of President Lincoln to the Rebel Capital. Welcome by the Blacks. Surrender of Gen. Lee. – Death of Abraham Lincoln. The Nation in Tears

CHAPTER XLI.
PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.
Origin of Andrew Johnson. His Speeches in Tennessee. The Negro’s Moses. The Deceived Brahmin. The Comparison. Interview with Southerners. Northern Delegation. – Delegation of Colored Men. – Their Appeal

CHAPTER XLII.
ILL TREATMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE SOUTH.
The Old Slaveholders. The Freedmen. Murders. – School-teachers. Riot at Memphis. Mob at New Orleans. – Murder of Union Men. – Riot at a Camp-meeting

CHAPTER XLIII.
PROTECTION FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE.
Protection for the Colored People South. The Civil Rights Bill. Liberty without the Ballot no Boon. Impartial Suffrage. Test Oaths not to be depended upon

CHAPTER XLIV.
CASTE.
Slavery the Foundation of Caste. – Black its Preference. – The General Wish for Black Hair and Eyes. No Hatred to Color. The White Slave. – A Mistake. – Stole his Thunder. The Burman. – Pew for Sale

CHAPTER XLV.
SIXTH REGIMENT UNITED-STATES VOLUNTEERS.
Organization of the Regiment. – Assigned to Hard Work. – Brought under Fire. – Its Bravery. – Battle before Richmond. – Gallantry of the Sixth. Officers’ Testimony

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