William Wells Brown, who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist writer, set out to record the part Black Americans played in suppressing the slaveholders’ rebellion. He opens with service in the Revolution and 1812, Nat Turner’s insurrection, a slave revolt at sea and John Brown’s raid, then follows Black regiments and individuals through the war.
A landmark of African American history writing, published in 1867 and still powerful. Download the free EPUB.