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The Grand Review : The Civil War Continues to Shape America

2 reviews
Georg R. Sheets, Peter Applebome, ...

Bold Print Inc, 2000

Two Day Parade Marks End of the Civil War
To acknowledge Union victory the War Department ordered a grand review in Washington of the mainNorthern armies. On May 23, 1865, more than 80,000 troops from Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac marched past the White House and the next day more than 65,000 troops from Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Army of Georgia and Army of the Tennesseer conducted its march past the special ...

Freedom In My Heart: Voices From The United States National Slavery Museum

National Geographic, 2009

Unlike any other book on the market today, this richly illustrated companion volume uses the remarkable artifacts, images, and documents of the United States National Slavery Museum to trace the entire history of slavery in North America, from the societies of ancient Africa to the repercussions still faced by Americans today—and to celebrate the perseverance and ultimate triumph of a people. Freedom in My Heart goes beyond the textbooks ...

The Secret of Freedom

4 reviews
Vernon Kitabu Turner, L. Douglas Wilder, ...

Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 1994

A multi-level masterpiece, adventurous and inspiring.
How can you describe a book which touches you at so many levels? First it is a good story that forces you to reevaluate everyday life and things you take for granted. Then it show you how the powers of this world manipulate us to make our own minds our worst enemies but the book does not leave us there. "Secret" takes us on a journey of liberation and on a no-holds barred battle for ...