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BROWN, William Wells (1814?-1884). The Negro in the American Rebellion. His Heroism and his Fidelity. Boston: A.G. Brown & Co., 1880.
8vo. 2pp. publisher’s ads at end. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine gently sunned). Provenance: W.A. Webb (ownership signature).
Second edition, originally published in 1867. This was the first attempt at a history of the military experience of African Americans, written by the foremost Black historian of the time. Rare in any edition.