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[[File:Soldiering_for_Freedome.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|Soldiering for Freedom by Bob Luke and John David Smith]]__NOTOC__Johns Hopkins University Press recently published [http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/1421413604/soldiering-for-freedom-9781421413600ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1421413604&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&p_ti linkId=YKD4ECSDBX27QB5Q Soldiering for Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops] written by Bob Luke and John David Smith. After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, African Americans volunteered to fight for the Union. Soldiering for Freedom seeks to explain how these men were recruited, used, treated during the Civil War.
In addition to writing Soldiering for Freedom, Luke also wrote The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball. His co-author Smith is the Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at University of North Carolina and the author of Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and"The American Negro."
Here is our interview with Bob Luke.
I could see the book in a class on African American history or the Civil War. It’s a historical hors d’oeuvre, 107 pages excluding footnotes and bibliography. Students would gain an overview of race relations in mid-nineteenth century in general and during the Civil War in particular. The bibliography provides many avenues for more in-depth reading.
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