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"The US Army as a Slaveholding Institution" by Matthew Wills for JSTOR Daily in Politics and History

"“Servants not Soldiers”: The Origins of Slavery in the United States Army, 1797–1816" by Yoav Hamdani from the Winter 2023 issue of Journal of the Early Republic.

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JSTOR Daily · The US Army as a Slaveholding Institution - JSTOR DailyUntil the Civil War, US Army officers relied on enslaved servants even while serving in “free states.”

"Stuck on You" was #ElvisPresley's first hit single after his two-year stint in the #USArmy, reaching number one in 1960 in the US. He recorded the song during March 1960, and the single was released within weeks and went to number one on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart in late-April 1960, becoming his first number-one single of the 1960s and thirteenth overall. "Stuck on You" also peaked at number six on the R&B chart.
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