The 1st Michigan Colored Regiment: Free Men Who Fought Slavery BOTY_2025 Filled with compelling stories

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The 1st Michigan Colored Regiment: Free Men Who Fought Slavery BOTY_2025 Filled with compelling storiesBorn Free & Equal The 1st Michigan Colored Regiment was the states first and only African American regiment during the Civil War. Courageously enlisting amid societal turmoil, these determined men fought valiantly, on the battlefield and off, in the struggle for liberty and equality. Many hundreds of them were born in the South, yet they returned there to fight for the freedom of others. Embracing the call to duty, they defied prejudice, and their