'Black Cloud Rising' novelizes the leader of an all-Black brigade in the Civil War
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Black Cloud Rising by Richard Etheridge
Black cloud rising is as a civil war novel tells tale their trip into north carolina to free slaves and fight guerillas. Richard ethridge, he just always tood out from a very young age a he was a leader in the slave community on ronoke island. And that continues through his life. What a what did it mean for the soldiers of the african brigade too, go from being enslaved to holding the power of life and death over white people? It seemed so clear that it was complicated and difficult.
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