A People's Army documents the many distinctions between British regulars and Massachusetts provincial troops during the Seven Years' War. Originally published by UNC Press in 1984; the book was the first investigation of colonial military life to give equal attention to official records and to the diaries and other writings of the common soldier. The provincials' own accounts of their experiences in the campaign amplify statistical profiles that define the men; both as civilians and as soldiers. These writings reveal in intimate detail their misadventures; the drudgery of soldiering; the imminence of death; and the providential world view that helped reconcile them to their condition and to the war.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Far more than a biography; this masterpiece of the ...By Timothy B. TysonFar more than a biography; this masterpiece of the historian's craft cracks open the worlds of slavery; abolition; Emancipation; multiracial democracy; and the bitter betrayals of Reconstruction. Son of a white man and an enslaved black woman; Abraham Galloway lived one of the most stirring and profound American lives ever: an enslaved craftsman; successful runaway from slavery in North Carolina--William Still; abolitionist corresponding secretary for the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee; recorded Galloway's the escape from Wilmington; stowed among the cargo of a schooner carrying turpentine and pine tar; and counted Galloway "among the bravest of the brave"; dashing race rebel Abolitionist; daring conspirator against human bondage; colleague of John Brown and organizer of a Haiti-based expedition to attack plantations on the Gulf Coast and hasten civil war in the wake of Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry; leader of a far-flung radical political organization in the eastern North Carolina maritime that included thousands of slaves and runaways behind Union lines at New Bern; fearless Civil War spy and then spymaster so crucial to the Union war effort that he met with Lincoln in the White House and recruited three Union generals to help rescue his mother out of the most heavily guarded port in the Confederacy; fighter against not only Southern slavery but white supremacy in the Northern armies; once even pulling his ever-present pistol on racist Union officers who assaulted his friend and fellow black soldier; the most important Southern postwar African American political leader; sharing podiums with Frederick Douglass all over the country; among the founders of the Equal Rights League; the first national civil rights organization in US history; and organizer of five chapters in his home state; pioneering advocate of broad-based democracy including woman suffrage; North Carolina state legislator who helped write the 1868 state constitution that; though marred by subsequent discriminatory amendments; remains the basis of the current state constitution; and an inspiring figure even for our time; bent on equal rights for all and willing to put his life on the line for democracy. Six thousand people attended his 1870 funeral in Wilmington. Even so; he was a forgotten figure8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. The Fire of Freedom; by Dr. David CecelskiBy Al McSurely; Civil Rights LawyerProf. Cecelski has unearthed a consciously buried African American leader; Abraham Galloway. In Galloway's short life--he died at 33 --he not only organized and led the first Black U.S. Army Regiment in North Carolina of over 5;000 liberated slaves; but also helped build the Equal Rights Leagues (a forerunner to the NAACP); the bi-Racial Republican Party ( a forerunner to the new Democratic Party here) and put together the first comprehensive program for Reconstruction in North Carolina. Galloway gave up his job as a U. s. Army spy behind the lines in the tidewater area; to become the organizer and commander of the first Black U.S. Army Regiment of liberated slaves alone. After his troops helped put down the traitorous slave holder's rebellion in North Carolina; Galloway donned a suit and rode up to Raleigh to fight for and pass the most progressive State Constitution in the South in 1868. Expose yourself and your kids to both the white Abraham [Lincoln] in the new film; AND the black Abraham [Galloway]. Both Abrahams' courageous actions set high standards for all of us who believe in democracy.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A compelling and intriguing story of a forgotten black heroBy Vintage_RedIncredibly well researched book about a great American forgotten to time. Abraham Galloway led an almost unreal life after escaping slavery. From slave to spy to revolutionary to law maker; his story is compelling. Cecelski does a terrific job with tricky research during a time and place that black history was not as well preserved. HIs thorough look at Galloway's life from his time in slavery to his untimely; and slightly mysterious death; prove to be an important read for any historian especially those interested in civil war and black history. Highly recommend.
