LEADER 00000cam a2200685Ki 4500 001 ocn951625785 003 OCoLC 005 20171103080819.4 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 160613s2016 flu ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780813055879|q(electronic book) 020 0813055873|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780813062723 020 |z0813062721 035 (OCoLC)951625785 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dP@U|dOCLCO|dIDEBK|dEBLCP|dYDXCP |dIDB|dOCLCQ|dIGB 043 n-us-ga 049 RIDW 050 4 UA159|b.M59 2016eb 072 7 HIS|x027130|2bisacsh 072 7 TEC|x025000|2bisacsh 082 04 355.3/708996073075809034|223 090 UA159|b.M59 2016eb 100 1 Mixon, Gregory,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2004036113|eauthor. 245 10 Show thyself a man :|bGeorgia State troops, colored, 1865- 1905 /|cGregory Mixon. 264 1 Gainesville :|bUniversity Press of Florida,|c[2016] 300 1 online resource. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Southern dissent 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 The search for freedom : black militiamen in nineteenth- century North America -- "We called it 'The Band of Brothers'" : black independent militia formation and the Johnson County insurrection of 1875 -- Creating the Georgia Militia : blacks and the road to state militia companies, 1865-1880 -- "Any person capable of doing military duty" : The Georgia Volunteers, 1878-1890s -- "Be thou strong therefore and show thyself a man" : Georgia Volunteers, colored, 1889-1895 -- The road to disbandment, 1896-1899 -- The new era, 1899-1905. 520 2 "In this social and political history, Gregory Mixon explores the ways African Americans in postbellum Georgia used the militia as a vehicle to secure full citizenship, respectability, and a more stable place in society. In telling the forty-year history of the black militia in Georgia and the determined disbandment process that whites undertook to destroy it, Mixon not only shows the key role that militia participation played in African Americans' search for citizenship after the Civil War, but he also connects this chapter to the larger history of militia participation by African descendant people throughout the Western hemisphere and Latin America"--Provided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 610 10 Georgia.|bMilitia|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n92033346|xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99005024 610 17 Georgia.|bMilitia.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 676423 650 0 African American soldiers|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85001906|zGeorgia|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n79023113-781|xHistory.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 0 African Americans|xCivil rights|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85001935|zGeorgia|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023113-781|xHistory. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 African American soldiers.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/799366 650 7 African Americans|xCivil rights.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/799575 650 7 Race relations.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1086509 651 0 Georgia|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023113 |xRace relations|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh00007552|xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99005024 651 7 Georgia.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204622 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMixon, Gregory.|tShow thyself a man. |dGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016] |z9780813062723|w(DLC) 2016004177|w(OCoLC)918969666 830 0 Southern dissent.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n00032642 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1087649|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20171110|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic NEW|lridw 994 92|bRID