Calbreath Dean
Calbreath Dean - The Sergeant The Incredible Life Of Nicholas Said: Son Of An African General Slave Of The Ottomans Free Man Under The Tsars Hero Of The Union Army - Hardcover
Calbreath Dean - The Sergeant The Incredible Life Of Nicholas Said: Son Of An African General Slave Of The Ottomans Free Man Under The Tsars Hero Of The Union Army - Hardcover
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Description: From his noble childhood in the kingdom of Borno to being kidnapped into slavery the inspiring life - story of Nicholas Said is an epic journey that takes him from Africa and the Ottoman Empire through Czarist Russia and finally to heroic acclaim in the American Civil War. In the late 1830s a young Black man was born into a world of wealth and privilege in the powerful thousand - year - old African kingdom of Borno. But instead of becoming a respected general like his fearsome father (who was known as The Lion) Nicolas Said's fate was to fight a very different kind of battle. At the age of thirteen Said was kidnapped and sold into slavery beginning an epic journey that would take him across Africa Asia Europe and eventually the United States where he would join one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army. Nicholas Said would then spend the rest of his life fighting for equality. Along the way Said encountered such luminaries as Queen Victoria and Czar Nicholas I fought Civil War battles that would turn the war for the North established schools to educate newly freed Black children and served as one of the first Black voting registrars. In The Sergeant Said's epic (and largely unknown) story is brought to light by globe - trotting Pulitzer - prize - winning journalist Dean Calbreath in a meticulously researched and approachable biography. Through the lens of Said's continent - crossing life Calbreath examines the parallels and differences in the ways slavery was practiced from a global and religious perspective and he highlights how Said's experiences echo the discrimination segregation and violence that are still being reckoned with today. There has never been a more voracious appetite for stories documenting the African American experience and The Sergeant's unique perspective of slavery from a global perspective will resonate with a wide audience.
Title: The Sergeant The Incredible Life Of Nicholas Said: Son Of An African General Slave Of The Ottomans Free Man Under The Tsars Hero Of The Union Army
Author(s): Calbreath Dean
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Barcode: 9781639363247
Pages: 400 Pages, 8 Pages Of Color And B&W Photographs
Publication Date: 2/7/2023
Category: American Civil War
Description: From his noble childhood in the kingdom of Borno to being kidnapped into slavery the inspiring life - story of Nicholas Said is an epic journey that takes him from Africa and the Ottoman Empire through Czarist Russia and finally to heroic acclaim in the American Civil War. In the late 1830s a young Black man was born into a world of wealth and privilege in the powerful thousand - year - old African kingdom of Borno. But instead of becoming a respected general like his fearsome father (who was known as The Lion) Nicolas Said's fate was to fight a very different kind of battle. At the age of thirteen Said was kidnapped and sold into slavery beginning an epic journey that would take him across Africa Asia Europe and eventually the United States where he would join one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army. Nicholas Said would then spend the rest of his life fighting for equality. Along the way Said encountered such luminaries as Queen Victoria and Czar Nicholas I fought Civil War battles that would turn the war for the North established schools to educate newly freed Black children and served as one of the first Black voting registrars. In The Sergeant Said's epic (and largely unknown) story is brought to light by globe - trotting Pulitzer - prize - winning journalist Dean Calbreath in a meticulously researched and approachable biography. Through the lens of Said's continent - crossing life Calbreath examines the parallels and differences in the ways slavery was practiced from a global and religious perspective and he highlights how Said's experiences echo the discrimination segregation and violence that are still being reckoned with today. There has never been a more voracious appetite for stories documenting the African American experience and The Sergeant's unique perspective of slavery from a global perspective will resonate with a wide audience.
Title: The Sergeant The Incredible Life Of Nicholas Said: Son Of An African General Slave Of The Ottomans Free Man Under The Tsars Hero Of The Union Army
Author(s): Calbreath Dean
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Barcode: 9781639363247
Pages: 400 Pages, 8 Pages Of Color And B&W Photographs
Publication Date: 2/7/2023
Category: American Civil War
