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Series 1 · Slavery, Resistance & Freedom

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A – C

1868

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Cataloged as “A – C”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1048, Item 4.1.4.1
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A – C — Entered in Register 2 and 3

1867

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Cataloged as “A – C”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M999, File 8.3.1
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A – C — Entered in Volume 1

June 1865–Feb. 1866

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Cataloged as “A – C”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.1.1
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A – C, G – H, K, N, and W

July 1868–Feb. 1870

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Cataloged as “A – C, G – H, K, N, and W”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 2.1.6.9.1
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A – C — Unregistered Letters Received

1866

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Cataloged as “A – C”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M798, File 5.1.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

A curator sitting behind a souvenir sales display at the House of Slaves Museum, Gorée, Senegal

October 1990

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Cataloged as “A curator sitting behind a souvenir sales display at the House of Slaves Museum, Gorée, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-002, Item EEPA 1991-020132
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A – D

1866

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Cataloged as “A – D”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 2.4.3.2
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A – D — Entered in Register 1

1865

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Cataloged as “A – D”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M999, File 8.1.1
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A – D — Entered in Registers 2 – 5

1867

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Cataloged as “A – D”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1027, File 4.2.2
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A – E

1871

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Cataloged as “A – E”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1908, Item 2.1.5.5.4
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A – E — Entered in Register 2

Nov. 1866–Feb. 1868

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Cataloged as “A – E”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M843, File 4.2.1
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A – E — Entered in Registers 4 and 5

Nov. 1866–Dec. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – E”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 4.3.1
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A – F

1865–1868

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, Item 1.1.5.2.1
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A – F — Entered in Register 1

Sept. 1866–May 1869

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 4.1.1
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A – F — Entered in Register 1 and 2

1866

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M999, File 8.2.1
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A – F — Entered in Register 3

May–Dec. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M798, File 4.3.1
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A – F — Entered in Volume 2

Jan. 1866–Feb. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.2.1
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A – G

1868

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, Item 3.3.5.1
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A – G — Entered in Register 2

Aug. 1866–June 1867

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M798, File 4.2.1
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A – G — Entered in Register 3

Oct. 1865–Dec. 1866

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 4.2.1
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A – G — Entered in Registers 6 and 7

Oct. 1867–Jan. 1869

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 4.4.1
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A – G — Entered in Volume 3

Jan.–Aug. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.3.1
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A – G — Entered in Volume 5

Jan. 1868–May 1869

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Cataloged as “A – G”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.5.1
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