Racial Borders: Black Soldiers Along the Rio Grande (South Texas Regional Studies, Sponsored By Texas a&M University-Kingsville) PDF
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Racial Borders F South Texas Regional Studies Sponsored by Texas A&M University–Kingsville Racial Borders BLACK SOLDIERS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE James N. Leiker College Station Copyright © by James N. Leiker Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, .-. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leiker, James N., – Racial borders : Black soldiers along the Rio Grande / James N. Leiker. p. cm.—(South Texas regional studies ; ) Includes bibliographical references and index. --- (cloth : alk. paper) . Mexican-American Border Region—Race relations. . Texas, South—Race relations. . African American soldiers—Mexican-American Border Region—History—th century. . African American soldiers—Texas, South— History—th century. . United States. Army—African American troops—History—th century. . Nationalism— Social aspects—United States—History—th century. . United States—Relations—Mexico. . Mexico— Relations—United States. I. Title. II. Series. . .''—dc To Bert and Betty Leiker, my first and best teachers F Contents List of Illustrations, Explanation of Terms, Acknowledgments, Beyond Binary Racial Theory, Multiracial Interaction on the Border Prior to , Black Conquerors: The Border and the U.S. Army in the s, Crossing the River: The Social Life of the Black Regular, African Americans and Hispanics in the Age of Imperialism, Brownsville and Its Antecedents: Black Soldiers and Civil-Military Violence, – , Race, Nationalism, and the American Punitive Expedition into Mexico, The Legacies of Border Service, Statistical Tables, Poems about the Black Regulars, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Illustrations . Fort Brown and Brownsville . Ringgold Barracks . The th Cavalry Regimental Band . The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts . Parade Grounds, Fort Clark . Black Soldiers of the th Infantry . Charity House Refugees, Lower Rio Grande Valley . Wounded Soldiers from the Punitive Expedition of . Henry T. Flipper . Funeral of Capt. Charles Boyd
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