Enlisting Black Kentuckians to Fight | Lincoln: "I, Too, Am a Kentuckian."

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Abraham Lincoln African-Americans Civil War Camp Nelson Kentucky Lincoln President Lincoln American history Kentucky history soldiers union soldiers black soldiers army union army

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Enlisting Black Kentuckians to Fight | Lincoln: "I, Too, Am a Kentuckian."

In 1864, the Union recruits 24,000 African Americans to serve in the army. More than 10,000 train at Camp Nelson in Kentucky.

This resource is part of the KET Lincoln: "I, Too, Am a Kentuckian." collection.

NOTE: This resource contains outdated language onscreen [at 1:03, 1:26 and 2:42] that is either representative of the time in which it was spoken or has evolved beyond its original use and is considered by modern standards of taste to be outdated.

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