THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN REBELLION
His Heroism and His Fidelity
By William Wells Brown
Author of “Sketches of Places and People Abroad,” “The Black Man,” Etc
Lee & Shepard, 149 Washington Street
1867
CONTENTS
[ THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN REBELLION ]
[ CHAPTER I—BLACKS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND IN 1812. ]
[ CHAPTER II—THE SOUTH-CAROLINA FRIGHT. ]
[ CHAPTER III.—THE NAT TURNER INSURRECTION. ]
[ CHAPTER IV.—SLAVE REVOLT AT SEA. ]
[ CHAPTER V—GROWTH OF THE SLAVE-POWER. ]
[ CHAPTER VI.—THE JOHN BROWN RAID. ]
[ CHAPTER VII—THE FIRST GUN OF THE REBELLION. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII—THE UNION AND SLAVERY BOTH TO BE PRESERVED. ]
[ CHAPTER IX—INTELLIGENT CONTRABANDS ]
[ CHAPTER X—PROCLAMATIONS OF FREMONT AND HUNTER. ]
[ CHAPTER XI—HEROISM OF NEGROES ON THE HIGH SEAS. ]
[ CHAPTER XII—GENERAL BUTLER AT NEW ORLEANS. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII—THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FREE. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV—THE BLACK BRIGADE OF CINCINNATI. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI.—THE NEW POLICY. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII.—ARMING THE BLACKS. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII.—BATTLE OF MILLINERS BEND. ]
[ CHAPTER XIX—RAISING BLACK REGIMENTS AT THE NORTH. ]
[ CHAPTER XX.—FIFTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI—BLACKS UNDER FIRE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII—FREEDMEN UNDER FIRE IN MISSISSIPPI. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII—BATTLE OF PORT HUDSON. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV—GENERAL BANKS IN LOUISIANA. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV—HONORS TO THE NOBLE DEAD. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI.—HE NORTHERN WING OF THE REBELLION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII—ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII—THE SLAVE-MARTYR. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX—BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, FLORIDA. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX—BATTLE OF POISON SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI—THE MASSACRE AT FORT PILLOW. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII—INJUSTICE TO COLORED TROOPS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII.—BATTLE OF HONEY HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV—BEFORE PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV—WIT AND HUMOR OF THE WAR. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI—A THRILLING INCIDENT OF THE WAR. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII—PROGRESS AND JUSTICE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII—FOURTH-OF-JULY CELEBRATION AT THE HOME OF JEFF. DAVIS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIX—GALLANTRY, LOYALTY, AND KINDNESS OF THE NEGRO. ]
[ CHAPTER XL—FALL OF THE CONFEDERACY, AND DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. ]
[ CHAPTER XLI—PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. ]
[ CHAPTER XLII—ILL TREATMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE SOUTH ]
[ CHAPTER XLIII—PROTECTION FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE. ]
[ CHAPTER XLV—SIXTH REGIMENT UNITED-STATES VOLUNTEERS. ]