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Lädt ... Black Cloud Rising (2022. Auflage)von David Wright Falade (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Retelling of a little-known incident in the American Civil War, where a battalion of African Americans fought a band of guerilla Rebels. Because of way things were expressed, I had to force myself to finish. ( ) Black Cloud Rising is a powerful, thought-provoking book set in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. Our narrator, Sergeant Richard Etheridge, is a recently freed slave, now serving with Union forces occupying the south. He is the son, by rape, of his former owner and was raised with that man's two white children. He never had their privileges, but he had more privileges than many slaves on the plantation, including the ability to read and write. It's this ability that gives his him non-com rank in the Union Army. There's no easy way to wrap this book up into a tidy bundle because of the many issues it examines. Among these issues are— • Etheridge's reflections on the new (but not fully changed) world he lives in. •The extent to which and the ways in which former slaves adjust to their "freedom." • The varying sorts of racist beliefs held by the white officers leading the negro troops Etheridge serves with. • Post-war skirmishes with "bushwackers," who now live in the same swamps that had provided a home for runaway slaves. • Reprisals taken by the Union army against the southerners who have refused to vow allegiance to the new, unified United States. • The highly charged position in which Black non-coms find themselves, existing in a liminal space between Black enlisted men and white officers. • The failure of whites in general, even those sympathetic to the cause, to see Blacks as fully human. In other words, the complexities of this historical moment are myriad, and David Wright Faladé simplifies none of them. This is a book I know I'll be rereading because I want to spend more time with Etheridge as he observes the new, but still old, world he now inhabits. I, and all readers, have a lot to learn from this title. It's exactly the sort of title that those threatened by Critical Race Theory don't want to read or have available on library shelves. History is ugly, and fighting for a just cause makes a saint of no one. I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher; the opinions are my own. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild--a one-armed, impassioned abolitionist--set out from Portsmouth to hunt down the rebel guerrillas and extinguish the threat. From this little-known historical episode comes Black Cloud Rising, a dramatic, moving account of these soldiers--men who only weeks earlier had been enslaved, but were now Union infantrymen setting out to fight their former owners. At the heart of the narrative is Sergeant Richard Etheridge, the son of a slave and her master, raised with some privileges but constantly reminded of his place. Deeply conflicted about his past, Richard is eager to show himself to be a credit to his race. As the African Brigade conducts raids through the areas occupied by the Confederate Partisan Rangers, he and his comrades recognize that they are fighting for more than territory. Wild's mission is to prove that his troops can be trusted as soldiers in combat. And because many of the men have fled from the very plantations in their path, each raid is also an opportunity to free loved ones left behind. For Richard, this means the possibility of reuniting with Fanny, the woman he hopes to marry one day. With powerful depictions of the bonds formed between fighting men and heartrending scenes of sacrifice and courage, Black Cloud Rising offers a compelling and nuanced portrait of enslaved men and women crossing the threshold to freedom" -- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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