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Chronology -- Liberia : Black colony -- American support : dollar diplomacy -- Davis : mission defined -- Young : rescuing Liberia -- York, Green, Anderson : war and peace -- Young : final post -- Nabors, Staten, Outley : mission transition -- Firestone : privatization -- Afterward : starting over -- Conclusion : accomplishments -- Appendix : biographies of African Americans who served in Liberia 1910-1942

"An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park superintendent, the first black U.S. military attaché, the first African American officer to command a Regular Army regiment, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment tells the story of the man who - willingly or not - served as a standard-bearer for his race in the officer corps for nearly thirty years, and who, if not for racial prejudice, would have become the first African American general

Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: From the Jungles of Liberia -- 1. Enslaved in Kentucky -- 2. Freedom in Ohio -- 3. Beast Barracks and Plebe Year -- 4. Plebe Year Again -- 5. Yearling Upperclassman -- 6. Cow Year Alone -- 7. Firstie Year and Graduation -- Epilogue: Reflections -- Appendix: Class of 1889 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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