American Experience

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

E3    Oct 7, 1991    55m    TV-PG
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The first officially formed regiment of northern black soldiers who fought in the Civil War, the 54th's roster included shopkeepers, clerks, cobblers and seamen. They knew the eyes of the nation would be on them at a time when many whites insisted that black soldiers were too cowardly to fight. By the war's end, 180,000 black troops filled the Union ranks.
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  • Morgan FreemanNarrator (voice)

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