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Library of Congress1865

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, information in relation to the appointment of a commission in each of the slave states represented in Congress, charged to award to each loyal person, to whom a colored volunteer may owe service, a just compensation. January 26, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed

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Library of Congress1895

The Negro as a soldier

Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to show his suitability for military service, with concentration on the Civil War. He cites instances of valor and testimonials thereto, statistics on Black enlistments by state and on casualties, and lists African Americans who received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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Library of Congress1863

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

The officer has high praise for most African American soldiers and proposes organizinf them into an army after the Civil War and settling them on farms in the South.

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Library of Congress1902

Home for aged and infirm colored people. May 22, 1902. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress1895

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

Caption title. Imprint from cover. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17755. Source: Source unknown.

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Library of Congress1864

New Jersey for the Union : speech of Hon. James M. Scovel, Senator from Camden, upon the bill prohibiting the enlistment of Negro troops in New Jersey, under a penalty of $500, or imprisonment for five years, delivered March 16, 1864

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ink stamp on p. 16: [Cam]den Jul 21. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 12589. Source: Source unknown.

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Library of Congress1864

New Jersey for the Union: speech of Hon. James M. Scovel, Senator from Camden, upon the bill prohibiting the enlistment of Negro troops in New Jersey, under a penalty of $500, or imprisonment for five years, delivered March 16, 1864

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Library of Congress1863

General Washington and General Jackson, on Negro soldiers

"An edition of 10,000 copies of this pamphlet having been placed at the disposal of the United States Sanitary Commission, the agents of the Commission are earnestly requested to give it circulation throughout the Army and Navy." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy 1 replaced by microfilm. LAC scc 2020-03-02 no edits (1 card)

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Library of Congress1896