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Narrative Reports From Subordinate Officers

Aug. 1865–Oct. 1867

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Cataloged as “Narrative Reports From Subordinate Officers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 6.1.1
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Narrative Reports from the Assistant Inspector General, the Superintendent of Education, and the Officer in Charge of the Complaint Division

Oct. 1866–June 1868

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Unbound narrative reports from the assistant inspector general, the superintendent of education, and the officer in charge of the complaint division, October 1866–June 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 2.3.1
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Narrative Reports of Conditions and Operations of Freedmen and Refugees

Oct. 1866–Jan. 1868

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Cataloged as “Narrative Reports of Conditions and Operations of Freedmen and Refugees”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.27.6.1
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Narrative Reports of Conditions and Operations of Freedmen and Refugees — Greenville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound narrative reports of conditions and operations of freedmen and refugees, October 1866–January 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.27.6
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Narrative Reports of Criminal Cases Involving Freedmen

Mar. 1866–Feb. 1867

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Cataloged as “Narrative Reports of Criminal Cases Involving Freedmen”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1048, File 10.1.1
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Narrative Reports of Operations

bulk Oct. 1866 and Mar. 1867

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Cataloged as “Narrative Reports of Operations”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.2.5.1
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Narrative Reports of Operations and Conditions

Feb.–Sept. 1866

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Cataloged as “Narrative Reports of Operations and Conditions”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M999, File 14.4.1
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Narrative Reports of Operations — Barnwell (Subassistant Commissioner – Barnwell District)

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Unbound narrative reports of operations, October 1866 and April 1867–April 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.5.4
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Narrative Reports — Salisbury (Superintendent of the Western District)

Dec. 1865–June 1867

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Unbound narrative reports, December 1865–June 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.42.8
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Narrative Reports — Vicksburg (Subcommissioner)

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Unbound narrative reports, January 1867 and June–September 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.51.8
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Narrative School Reports from Teachers and Superintendents of Freedmen's Schools — Little Rock (Superintendent of Freedmen)

Dec. 1864–June 1865

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Unbound narrative school reports from teachers and superintendents of freedmen's schools, December 1864–June 1865, are arranged chronologically. The reports are from teachers and from Joel Grant, superintendent of freedmen's schools at Little Rock, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.16.4
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Narrative Trimonthly Reports of Business Transacted

Jan.–May 1866

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Cataloged as “Narrative Trimonthly Reports of Business Transacted”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.20.6.1
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Narrative Trimonthly Reports of Business Transacted — Franklin (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound narrative trimonthly reports of business transacted, January–May 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.20.6
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Narrative Trimonthly Reports of Complaints

Aug.–Dec. 1867

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Cataloged as “Narrative Trimonthly Reports of Complaints”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.29.12.1
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Narrative Trimonthly Reports of Complaints — Lake Providence (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound narrative trimonthly reports of complaints, August–December 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.29.12
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Narrow bead molder made by Cesar Chelor

1753-1784

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A wooden bead molder. There is evidence of older dents, abrasions, and scratches, but the plane is covered in a dark stain that obscures damage from past use. There is uneven staining and dark stains on the stock's proper right side. There is minor…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.21
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Nat Love

1854–1921

Born enslaved in Tennessee, Love worked as a cowboy and Pullman porter and published a colourful 1907 autobiography of his life in the West.

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Resistance

Nat Turner

1800–1831

Turner organized and led an uprising of enslaved and free Black Virginians in 1831, one of the most significant rebellions against American slavery.

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Politics & Public Life

Nathan H. Haller

1845–1917

Nathan H. Haller (July 8, 1845 – February 27, 1917) was a politician from Texas. Enslaved before the American Civil War, he was elected member to the Texas House of Representatives in 1892 and re-elected to a second term. He was one of 52 African Americans…

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Civil Rights

Nathaniel Paul

?–1839

Nathaniel Paul (died July 1839) was a Baptist minister and abolitionist who worked in Albany, New York, Wilberforce Colony in Canada, and traveled to the United Kingdom to raise support to aid African Americans. Nathaniel Paul was born in Exeter, New…

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Politics & Public Life

Nathaniel T. Spencer

1844–

Nathaniel T. Spencer (1844 - ?) was a tailor, minister, and politician in South Carolina. He was born in South Carolina and was enslaved. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874. He enrolled in the University of South…

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Business & Enterprise

Nathaniel W. Depee

1812–1868

Nathaniel W. Depee (1812 – June 19, 1868) was an American activist, abolitionist, and merchant tailor. He was active in the Underground Railroad, and in Black politics in Philadelphia in the 1830s through 1860s.

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