The Sergeant : : the Incredible Life of Nicholas Said : son of an African General, Slave of the Ottomans, Free man Under the Tsars, Hero of the Union Army
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"From his noble childhood in the kingdom of Borno to being kidnapped into slavery, the inspiring life-story of Nicholas Said is an epic journey that takes him from Africa and the Ottoman Empire through Czarist Russia and, finally, to heroic acclaim in the American Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781639363247
1639363246
SUBJECTS
Said, Nicholas, -- 1836-1882.
Said, Nicholas, -- 1836-1882 -- Travel.
United States. -- Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865) -- Biography.
Nigerian Americans -- Biography.
Muslims -- Biography.
Freed persons -- Biography.
Slavery -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Borno State (Nigeria) -- Biography.