Black Soldiers in the War of the Slaveowners' Rebellion

Black Soldiers in the War of the Slaveowners' Rebellion 

A presentation based on the memoirs of Civil War Veteran Norwood P. Hallowell, by Quentin Davis, editor of the memoirs, and members of the Peter Brace Brigade, Civil War re‑enactors of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The book, Black Soldiers in the War of the Slaveowners’ Rebellion,  is composed of selected letters and papers of Norwood Penrose Hallowell, one of the "Fighting Quakers," a very active Abolitionist.  Hallowell was for a time commander of the 55th, the second all-Black  Regiment. He admired his men greatly and most of the book is about them.

Event Sponsors: Free School University of Occupy Boston,  Peter Brace Brigade,  and the Community Church of Boston

"The essays and letters ... offer a passionate portrayal of the Black soldier in the Civil War - the war of the slaveowners' rebellion - as a champion of his own fight for emancipation. In reading Hallowell one more fully appreciates that the former slaves were not the 'leaves' of history blown by winds beyond their control, but were self-conscious elements in their own fight.”   - Bill Fletcher, Jr., co-author "Solidarity Divided" & immediate past president of TransAfrica The Forum.