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You might try to find a copy of *The Sable Arm*; I've forgotten the
author's name, but i believe it to be a well-regarded discussion of
the role african-americans played in the wbts, and goes much deeper
into the issues than the movie, of course.
Kurt Mosser
mosser@checkov.hm.udayton.edu]
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The author is Dudley Cornish, I believe.
Tom Powers
Professor of History
The University of South Carolina at Sumter
TPOWERS@USCSUMTER.USCSU.SCAROLINA.EDU