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To Address You As My Friend : African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln

White, Jonathan W., 1979- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2021 [©2021]

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Edna Greene Medford -- Prologue: One of Lincoln's Oldest Friends -- Note on Method -- Introduction -- Part I | Chief Executive -- 1. Petitioning for Pardon -- 2. Debating Colonization -- Part II | Commander in Chief -- 3. Recruiting for the Ranks -- 4. Protesting Unequal Pay for Black Soldiers -- 5. Requesting Discharge from the Service -- 6. Navigating Military Justice -- Part III | Chief Citizen -- 7. Appealing for Equal Treatment -- 8. Soliciting Aid for Christian Ministries -- 9. Seeking Economic Rights and Opportunities -- 10. Mementos -- Epilogue: "I Have Lost a Friend" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Correspondents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.