“Wilkie’s study of the Buffalo soldiers and military life at Fort Davis is bold and innovative. She reveals a complex web of material and social entanglements that illustrate the military’s complicity in anti-black racism while highlighting the various ways that black men—as soldiers, husbands, friends, and fathers—navigated an especially difficult terrain to demonstrate their humanity and rights to citizenship.”—Maria Franklin, contributor to Unlocking the Past: Celebrating Historical Archaeology in North America
“Wilkie’s skillful use of the archaeological and documentary records provides much-needed nuance for understanding the lives of Buffalo soldiers. This book provides a much-needed corrective and complicates previously dichotomous thinking to more accurately represent the challenges and rewards of their military lives.”—Edward González-Tennant, author of The Rosewood Massacre: An Archaeology and History of Intersectional Violence