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+""The EMPLOYMENTOF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 1803-1865,"" examines pertinent primary source and secondary data on police, justices of the peace, and militia duties entrusted to African Americans in Louisiana and in selected Northern states before the Civil War and during the Civil War. In addition, the book discusses African American's little known criminal justice appointments in the plantation regimes, their military police work, and spying missions. The book adeptly challenges the misconception that African Americans were not employed as lawmen prior to the Civil War. Through the discussion of major African American lawmen, Wentworth Cheswell, Captain William Ledesdorff, Macon Bolling Allen, and Robert Morris, the integrality of African Americans to the antebellum legal system is thoroughly examined. This work has major implications for understanding the historical role of the race in the American legal system.

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This book by the independent Scholar, Lievin Mboma, is a comprehensive account of African Americans before and during the Civil War, organized around the loosely defined framework of law enforcement. In that definition, African Americans served in antebellum militias and plantation justice in some Northern states. During the Civil War, African Americans were soldiers, guards in prison comps, scouts, spies, and informants among other duties. The book contains a wealth of information and fascinating accounts of specific individuals in diverse roles. Overall the book is a solid contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth century African American history. Dr. James Quirin, History professor at Fisk University. W.E.B Du Bois Honors Program Well researched and highly informative, The Employment of African Americans in Law Enforcement, 1800-1865 represents an excellent foray into an area of black history seldom explored or recognized. If nothing else, Mboma's work will stimulate and encourage scholars to rethink the interchange between free blacks and whites in antebellum American society. Tom Kanon, Ph.D., author of Tennesseans at War 1812-1815: Andrew Jackson, the Creek War, and the Battle of New Orleans. A detailed entry into aspects of African American History few might even think about. It sheds light on roles few connect with the Civil War era. Definitely a must -read for anyone exploring African American History. Ramona C. Shelton, M.A. Instructor of History Motlow State Community College

This book by the independent Scholar, Lievin Mboma, is a comprehensive account of African Americans before and during the Civil War, organized around the loosely defined framework of ""law enforcement."" In that definition, African Americans served in antebellum militias and plantation justice in some Northern states. During the Civil War, African Americans were soldiers, guards in prison comps, scouts, spies, and informants among other duties. The book contains a wealth of information and fascinating accounts of specific individuals in diverse roles. Overall the book is a solid contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth century African American history. Dr. James Quirin, History professor at Fisk University. W.E.B Du Bois Honors Program Well researched and highly informative, The Employment of African Americans in Law Enforcement, 1800-1865 represents an excellent foray into an area of black history seldom explored or recognized. If nothing else, Mboma's work will stimulate and encourage scholars to rethink the interchange between free blacks and whites in antebellum American society. Tom Kanon, Ph.D., author of Tennesseans at War 1812-1815: Andrew Jackson, the Creek War, and the Battle of New Orleans. ""A detailed entry into aspects of African American History few might even think about. It sheds light on roles few connect with the Civil War era. Definitely a must -read for anyone exploring African American History."" Ramona C. Shelton, M.A. Instructor of History Motlow State Community College

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