NELL, WILLIAM C. Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812. 24 pages. 8vo, disbound; some light even foxing on title. Boston: Prentiss and Sawyer, 1851 E400/600 FIRST EDITION. Nell, author and activist, was possibly the first

NELL, WILLIAM C. Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812. 24 pages. 8vo, disbound; some light even foxing on title. Boston: Prentiss and Sawyer, 1851 E400/600 FIRST EDITION. Nell, author and activist, was possibly the first African-American to write a history of the military participation of his people in the wars of the United States. He was the first African-American appointed to a Federal post. Schomburg Collection, Sc. Rare. 973.3-N, (second edition ; Blockson Collection 3979. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]