[CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. WILLIAMS. George W. (1849-1891). A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, one plate of medals. 353, [1, blank], [12, ads], [4, blank] pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, front board decoratively stamped in black and gilt, spine stamped in gilt, brown coated endleaves (spine toned and lightly edgeworn, some wear to corners, light scuffing to boards, text a bit toned, with occasional light soiling, library bookplate of Roscoe E. Zerwekh (newspaperman and civic leader) and inkstamp of C. M. Cochrane on the second blank. Fine, better than usually seen. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT BOOK ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN TROOPS IN THE CIVIL WAR. Williams was a politician (the first African-American elected to the Ohio state legislature), lawyer, and author, who published the seminal History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880 (this book is considered to be the first major study of African-Americans in the United States, and is one of the earliest uses of the phrase ?Crime Against Humanity.") From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 9 x 6 x 2".