Simbar

Simbar is a fictional character representing freed men who left southeastern North Carolina slavery and joined the United States Union Forces during the American Civil War. They went into battle to prove loyalty patriotism and a chance to make a better live for themselves their families and all future generations. This book tells the story of Simbar and other freed slaves who left the south and joined the Union Forces. Many of these soldiers and sailors returned home wounded. Many others lost their lives dying in battle or by disease. The use of official documents played a vital role in writing this text. Seldom seen images used in the text were obtained by special permission from the University of North Carolina. Many black soldiers left the south after the war to spend their lives in the Western or Northern parts of the Nation away from southern rule. Some black veterans like Simbar returned to southern states after defeating the Confederacy. They lived out their lives among members of the Old Regime of the white society who once owned them. The fear of retribution was always present to the ones who walked the same streets as their former masters. This was Simbar's lifelong fear; being singled out for his part of ending the old southern rule and being punished by his cruel master.