African American Soldiers During the Civil War

Hari Jones talked about U.S. colored troops and African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War. He argued that African Americans played a broader role in defeating the Confederacy than is generally credited to them in history. He attributed this to misinformation spread in the post-war era by perpetrators of the “Lost Cause” myth
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