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Library of Congress1872

Bounty for slaves. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to bounty for slaves who enlisted in the Army. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

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Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

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Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

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Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

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Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

durham↗

Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

durham↗

Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

durham↗

Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

durham↗

Library of Congress2017

Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

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Library of Congress2017

Remnants of tools, displayed on the wall of a slave cabin at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

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Library of Congress1862

Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, copies of all instructions given to commanding generals in pursuance of the acts of Congress approved August 6, 1861, setting free slaves who have been employed, by the consent of their masters, against the government of the United States. July 10, 1862. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed

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Library of Congress1898

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [The Texas surrender; Earlier captures and arrests, and measures of pacification in Missouri; Union policy of repression in Maryland; Military treatment of captured and fugitive slaves; Confederate policy of repression in East Tennessee; Series 2, Vol. 1]

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Library of Congress1862

Emancipation of the slaves of rebels. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 472.) June 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress1862

South Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 9, 1862, transmitting correspondence of Major General Hunter, in relation to arming South Carolina volunteers -- fugitive slaves. July 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress1860

Report of the Lemmon slave case : containing points and arguments of counsel on both sides, and opinions of all the judges

Case presented for argument in the New York Court of Appeals on January 24, 1860. cf. p. 15. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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Library of Congress1887

History of the colored race in America. Containing also their ancient and modern life in Africa... the origin and development of slavery in the Old world, and its introduction on the American continent; the slave trade; slavery, and its abolition in Europe and America. The civil war, emancipation, education and advancement of the colored race, their civil and political rights

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Library of Congress1869

Sermons, speeches and letters on slavery and its war, from the passage of the Fugitive slave bill to the election of president Grant.

At head of title: National sermons. Also available in digital form.

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