[AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE - CIVIL WAR] [BAIRD, Henry Carey]

General Washington and General Jackson, on Negro Soldiers

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1863. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Sewn pamphlet; printed self-wrappers, 8pp. A clean, fresh copy, Very Good or better.

Argues for the promotion of African-Americans – who had already been admitted to the U.S Army & Navy in non-combat roles – to front-line fighting units, stressing their successful participation in the Revolutionary and Mexican wars: "our bravest and most patriotic generals, our Washington, and our Jackson, did not hesitate to solicit, to employ, and to reward the military services of Negroes in the War of the Revolution, and again, within the memory of many of us, in our last war with England." Though not signed, the essay is generally attributed to the Philadelphia economist, pamphleteer and publisher Henry Carey Baird (1825-1901), under whose imprint the tract appeared.

Price: $450.00

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