In 1863, a regiment of black soldiers steamed out of Boston Harbor for the front in South Carolina. The 54th Massachusetts would distinguish themselves at multiple battles--including the bloody assault of Fort Wagner--even though they didn't enjoy the full rights of citizenship or even full pay. Listen to the story of the brave troops who helped deliver the death blow to the Slave Power.
SOURCES:
A Brave Black Regiment by Luis F. Emilio
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2497915.A_Brave_Black_Regiment
Retouching History: The Modern Falsification of a Civil War Photograph by Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite, Jr.
http://people.virginia.edu/~jh3v/retouchinghistory/essay.html#2
Black Confederates: Truth and Legend by Sam Smith
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/black-confederates-truth-and-legend
The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground by Ronald S. Coddington
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/the-old-flag-never-touched-the-ground/
Harriet Tubman's Great Raid by Paul Donnelly
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/harriet-tubmans-great-raid/
The Whole Land is Full of Blood: The Thomas Sims Case
https://www.nps.gov/articles/-the-whole-land-is-full-of-blood-the-thomas-sims-case.htm
The Postal Record: Postal Pioneers
https://www.nalc.org/news/the-postal-record/2020/september-2020/document/Postal-pioneers.pdf
