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African American state volunteers in the New South : race, masculinity, and the militia in Georgia, Texas, and Virginia, 1871-1906

Title: African American state volunteers in the New South : race, masculinity, and the militia in Georgia, Texas, and Virginia, 1871-1906 / John Patrick Blair.
Author: Blair, John Patrick, 1960-
Publication: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]

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Description

xv, 308 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, a turbulent period fraught with violence, struggle, and uncertainty, a forgotten few African Americans banded together as men to assert their rights as citizens. Following emancipation, the nation's newest citizens established churches, entered the political arena, created educational and business opportunities, and even formed labor organizations, but it was through state militia service, with the prestige and heightened status conveyed by their affiliation, that they displayed their loyalty, discipline, and more importantly, their manliness within the public sphere. In African American State Volunteers in the New South, John Patrick Blair offers a comparative examination of the experiences and activities of African American men as members in the state volunteer military organizations of Georgia, Texas, and Virginia, including the complicated relationships between state government and military officials-many of them former Confederate officers-and the leaders of the Black militia volunteers. This important new study expands understanding of racial accommodation, however minor, toward the African American military, confirmed not only in the actions of state government and military officials to arm, equip, and train these Black troops, but also in the acceptance of clearly visible and authorized military activities by these very same volunteers. In doing so, it adds significant layers to our knowledge of racial politics as they developed during Reconstruction, and prompts us to consider a broader understanding of the history of the South into the twentieth century"--

Series Statement

Prairie View A & M University series

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Forgotten Few -- "To Have the Most Worthy": Legislating the Black State Volunteers -- "Composed of Men of the Same Race and Color": Organizing the Black State Volunteers -- "With Said Arms No Discrimination Shall Be Made": Arming and Equipping the Black State Volunteers -- "An Efficient and Reliable Defender": Utilizing and Training the Black State Volunteers -- Light, Bright, or White?: The Concept of Colorism and the Black State Volunteers -- "Let Us Play the Man": The Culture of Masculinity with the Black State Volunteers -- Conclusion: Manhood Lost -- Appendix A. General Rules Governing the 2nd Battalion, Georgia Volunteers, Colored -- Appendix B. Constitution of the Maceo Guards of Augusta, Georgia.

Call Number

Sc E 23-633

ISBN

9781648430732
1648430732
9781648430749 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022015961

OCLC

1314633236

Author

Blair, John Patrick, 1960- author.

Title

African American state volunteers in the New South : race, masculinity, and the militia in Georgia, Texas, and Virginia, 1871-1906 / John Patrick Blair.

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Prairie View A & M University series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1865-1877

Research Call Number

Sc E 23-633

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