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Proceedings of a Missouri Commission to Award Compensation to Each Loyal Person to Whom a Black Volunteer or Drafted Man May Have Owed Service at the Time of His Enlistment or Draft into the Military Service of the United States — Correspondence

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The single volume of proceedings of this Missouri commission, dated October 1866–April 1867 (34), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1908, File 2.1.7
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Proceedings of Cases Before Freedmen's Court — Fort Monroe (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1866 and 1867

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Unbound proceedings of cases before Freedmen's Court, 1866 and 1867, are arranged by initial letter of surname of plaintiff (A – R).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.66.9
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Proceedings of Cases, Contracts, and Other Records — Woodstock (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1866 and 1867

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Unbound proceedings of cases, contracts, and other records, 1866 and 1867, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.96.7
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Proceedings of Cases — South Bend (Arkansas County)

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The single volume of proceedings of cases dated November 1867–April 1868 (155) is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.29.5
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Proceedings of Commission on Liens Held at Charleston, S. C., 1869 — Claim Division

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The single volume of proceedings of commission on liens held at Charleston, S. C. 1869, November 1868–January 1869 (34), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume includes orders establishing the commission. This series has also been…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 4.1.11
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court and Court Orders Issued — Lawrenceville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court and court orders issued, October 1865–May 1866 (264), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The volume also contains accounts and other lists.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.43.4
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court and Register of Contracts for Madison County — Madison Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court and register of contracts for Madison County, July 1865–May 1866 (307), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. Many of the contracts are in the unbound contracts and indentures in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.55.6
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court and Register of Marriages — Lovingston (Nelson County)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court and register of marriages, July 1865–July 1866 (283), is arranged by type of record. The volume also includes a register of contracts.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.49.3
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court and Register of Persons Arrested — Lynchburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court and register of persons arrested, January–March 1866 (303), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.52.4
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court — Charlottesville (Albemarle County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court, November 1865–August 1866 (132), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.13.3
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court — Cumberland Courthouse (Cumberland County, Assistant Superintendent)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court, November 1865–April 1866, is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of complaints filed in the office of the assistant subassistant commissioner (Prince Edward and Charlotte…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.21.2
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court ("Minutes of Daily Proceedings") — Louisville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court ("Minutes of Daily Proceedings") is dated January–November 1867 (153), and is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.20.17
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court — Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court, November 1865–March 1866 (390), is arranged chronologically. The proceedings include both civil and criminal cases.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.14
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Court — Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of proceedings of Freedmen's Court, October 1865–March 1866 (415), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.79.12
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Proceedings of Freedmen's Courts — Jerusalem (Southampton County) (Subassistant Commissioner, 4th Division, 1st Subdistrict)

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The two volumes of proceedings of Freedmen's Courts, 1866–67, 1 (255) and 2 (256), are arranged chronologically. Only a synopsis of cases is included for 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.40.4
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Proceedings of the Military Commission for Condemnation of Property of Disloyal Citizens in the District of Vicksburg — Vicksburg (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

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The single volume of proceedings of the military commission for condemnation of property of disloyal citizens in the district of Vicksburg, March 1863–May 1865 (77), is arranged numerically by case number. Only two "cases" are complete.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.52.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for "Slave Songs of the South" by the Hampton Colored Students

1873

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This song program is a bifolio sheet with text and images on all four pages. The front page has text at the top that reads "Slave Songs of the South by the Hampton Colored Students." The page is divided into three sections of text. The middle section is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.48
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Program for the the play Nat Turner

1950-1951

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This is a single sheet program printed in black ink on white paper. Text at the top reads [PEOPLE’S DRAMA, INC. / presents / NAT TURNER / by Paul Peters / DIRECTED BY GENE FRANKEL]. Below this is cast information in two columns. The page is divided in two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.188.20
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Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

1850

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Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 consisting of a single sheet of U.S. Government-issued blue stock paper folded quarto to form four pages and printed in black ink. At top a handwritten inscription reads [U.S. Congress. /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.14.4
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