The fire of freedom : Abraham Galloway and the slaves' Civil War

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The fire of freedom : Abraham Galloway and the slaves' Civil War

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Abraham Galloway and the slaves' Civil War

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David S. Cecelski

Creator

• Cecelski, David S

Subject

• African American legislators -- North Carolina -- Biography
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
• Fugitive slaves -- North Carolina -- Biography
• Galloway, Abraham H, 1837-1870
• HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
• African American abolitionists -- Biography
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- North Carolina

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

• "Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Throughout his brief, mercurial life, Galloway fought against slavery and injustice. He risked his life behind enemy lines, recruited black soldiers for the North, and fought racism in the Union army's ranks. He also stood at the forefront of an African American political movement that flourished in the Union-occupied parts of North Carolina, even leading a historic delegation of black southerners to the White House to meet with President Lincoln and to demand the full rights of citizenship. He later became one of the first black men elected to the North Carolina legislature. Long hidden from history, Galloway's story reveals a war unfamiliar to most of us. As David Cecelski writes, "Galloway's Civil War was a slave insurgency, a war of liberation that was the culmination of generations of perseverance and faith." This riveting portrait illuminates Galloway's life and deepens our insight into the Civil War and Reconstruction as experienced by African Americans in the South. "--
• "Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Throughout his brief, mercurial life, Galloway fought against slavery and injustice. This riveting portrait illuminates Galloway's life and deepens our insight into the Civil War and Reconstruction as experienced by African Americans in the South"--

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Biography type

individual biography

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DLC

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E540.N3

LC item number

C37 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography