SYMHC Classics: Leading the Charge - The Massachusetts 54th

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 February 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This episode revisits a 2012 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina. A 1792 law prevented African Americans from taking up arms in the Civil War. As attitudes against blacks serving changed, black regiments were formed. But prejudices remained until the heroism of black soldiers won the attention of the nation.

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0:33.1	Happy Saturday, every one.
0:34.7	In our recent episodes about Sojourner Truth,
0:37.1	we talked about her efforts to recruit black soldiers to fight for the union
0:40.7	during the US Civil War.
0:42.5	Those recruits generally became part of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment,
0:47.8	and they included Sojourner Truth's grandson as well as two of Frederick Douglass's sons.
0:53.5	This is a subject our show has covered before.
0:56.1	Our podcast on the Massachusetts 54th is from back in 2012.
1:00.1	Thanks to previous hosts, Sarah and DeBlinum.
1:05.3	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseStopWorks.com.
1:16.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
1:18.3	I'm Sarah Dowdy, and I'm DeBlinia Chalker-Bordy.
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