June 15, 1864
Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in U.S. Army during Civil War
I believe they should have been paid more than their white counterparts, because the Confederate army had a policy of executing any black soldier wearing a Union uniform. Talk about combat pay! They also had to cope with racial prejudice among the Union ranks.
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They were treated like dirt, and fought just as hard as any white soldier. It's indeed a shameful part of our history.
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