Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about

Engraved portrait of Abraham Galloway from William Still

Galloway escaped enslavement, became a Union spy and helped recruit thousands of Black soldiers to fight with the North, but his name has been largely left out of the Civil War narrative.

(Image credit: William Still’s ‘The Underground Railroad,’ 1872)

Galloway escaped enslavement, became a Union spy and helped recruit thousands of Black soldiers to fight with the North, but his name has been largely left out of the Civil War narrative.