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BLACK SYRACUSANS MADE MARK WITH FAMED CIVIL WAR UNIT; SEVERAL LOCAL MEN, URGED BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS, JOINED MASSACHUSETTS 54TH.(Neighbors Syracuse)(Column)

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From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20060223
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Byline: Chris Piering

The following was submitted by Chris Piering, who wanted to share a part of Syracuse and black history during Black History Month. Piering is a Camillus chiropractor and a member of the local 122nd Regiment, New York Volunteers Inc. The regiment creates Civil War re-enactments and takes on preservation projects.

Throughout the 1850s, America struggled with monumental issues that threatened to plunge the nation into civil war. At the core of these issues was African bondage and the attempts to solve the issue of slavery through means that would not ...

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