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Men of ValorIn the late 1800s, the new state of Washington promised peace and prosperity to new settlers. At least thirty-three African American men who had served during the Civil War answered the call. Paul Barrows, a former legislator from Mississippi, established the Calvary Baptist Church of Spokane. Gideon H. Stump Bailey became the first African American Justice of the Peace in Franklin. Allin Alfred Hawkins, born into slavery, became one of the wealthiest African American farmers in the Yakima Valley.Author Cynthia A. Wilson uncovers the stories of these courageous men.

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Men of Valor WE ARE BACK!! After a long break the Genealogy Adventures team is back with a great story and new book. Join us as we talk with former guest Cynthia Wilson about her new book Black Civil War Vets of Washington. The program discusses ""Black Civil War Veterans in Washington"" at the dedication of the headstone for Ana Smalley Donaldson in the Evergreen Cemetery. ""Black Civil War Veterans in Washington State is a valuable read for those Civil War students wishing to learn about the post-war lives of USCT soldiers. Hopefully, other future studies like this one will inform us about more soldiers who migrated to other regions of the United States following the conflict, because knowing about their lives is yet another important puzzle piece to understanding our nation's past and present."" -Tim Talbott, Emerging Civil War

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Cynthia A. Wilson is an independent researcher of African American military men of the mid-eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. Formerly a member of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State Inc. Board of Directors, she headed the Black Genealogy Research Group (BGRG) for four years. She contributed several short stories of notable individuals to Quintard Taylor's Blackpast.org website.

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