{"product_id":"american-civil-war-era-in-arthur-l-murphy-sr-9781684984480","title":"American Civil War Era In A Nutshell And African Americans Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican Civil War Era 1861-1865, African American Diaspora 1619-1865. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1861 so the slaves could fight in the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne hundred eighty thousand black soldiers joined the Union Army; forty thousand were killed. General Grant was very pleased with the black soldier. He said, \"In battle, the dead black soldiers would cover the length of a football field.\" He further stated, \"He could walk the length of a football field on dead bodies, and his feet would never touch the ground.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican Americans fought in the Revolutionary War. The first man killed in the Revolutionary War was a black man named Crispus Attucks. He was killed during the 1770 Boston Massacre. He was one of the five thousand slaves who fought in the Revolutionary War. Harriet Tubman was a spy for the Union Army. She was nicknamed General Tubman and received a pension from the Union Army. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBass Reeves, born in 1838, was a celebrated hero, the first black US marshal in the United States; he was a legend as a US marshal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gettysburg Address, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrica, nearly ten million miles wide, is the second largest continent; Asia is the largest continent. Some African tribes sold Africans to the white man to be taken to America and enslaved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dred Scott Decision: Chief Supreme Court Justice Taney ruled in the Dred Scott decision that a slave is a slave no matter where he is, he is the property of his master, and he has no rights that the white man has to respect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifty battles in the Civil War, including the bloodiest battles, had fifty-six thousand casualties in one day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur L. Sr. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684984483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684984480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Newman Springs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.41d","brand":"Arthur L. Sr. Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132313268479,"sku":"9781684984480","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_936a814f-282c-4c70-8af5-6c3ab40d8fef.jpg?v=1687479480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-civil-war-era-in-arthur-l-murphy-sr-9781684984480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}