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BIOGRAPHY
Politics

Kristin Richardson Jordan

1987–

Kristin Richardson Jordan (born January 3, 1987) is an American former politician who was the Council member for New York City's 9th City Council district from 2022 to 2024. Jordan identifies as a democratic socialist and police abolitionist.

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L, M, R, S

July–Dec. 1868

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Cataloged as “L, M, R, S”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, Item 3.27.4.2.1
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L – Mc — Entered in Register 1

1865

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Cataloged as “L – Mc”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1027, File 4.1.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

L'Ouverture

1986

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This silkscreen print is a left profile portrait of the general in deep red military regalia, trimmed in gold. He wears a matching red bicorn hat with a front medallion holding three white plumes. Shown from the chest up, against a forest green background,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.12.1
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L – Y

1867

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Cataloged as “L – Y”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.3.13.5
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L127 – P30

1868

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Cataloged as “L127 – P30”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, Item 2.1.5.4.3
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L2 – Q

1867

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Cataloged as “L2 – Q”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 2.1.7.18
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L205 – M388

1867

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Cataloged as “L205 – M388”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, Item 2.1.5.3.4
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Labor Contracts

Aug. 1865–Mar. 1867

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Unbound labor contracts, August 1865–March 1867, are arranged numerically, with unnumbered contracts at the end of the series. Contracts between freedmen and employers were witnessed by the local superintendent. Most are printed forms, and they usually…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.3.5
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Labor Contracts — Abbeville Court House (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts, 1866–68, are arranged by year, thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the employer, and thereunder chronologically. Some 1868 contracts are numbered, and these are entered in Volume (102) of the single–volume register…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.1.14
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Labor Contracts (Agreements with Freedmen) — Plantation Department

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Unbound labor contracts ("Agreements with Freedmen"), 1864–68, are arranged alphabetically by parish.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 4.1.9
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Labor Contracts — Aiken (Subassistant Commissioner – Edgefield District)

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts, 1865–68, are arranged by year and thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of employer. Those contracts for Edgefield District, Nov. 1866–Mar. 1867, are in the unbound labor contracts for Barnwell District (1865–68)…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.3.13
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Labor Contracts — Alexandria (Superintendent)

Sept. 1865–Mar. 1867

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Unbound labor contracts, September 1865–March 1867, are arranged chronologically with a few articles of indenture (Feb.–May 1866) at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.2.24
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Labor Contracts, Amnesty Oaths, and Marriage Certificates — Lewisburg (Conway County)

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The single–volume labor contracts, amnesty oaths, and marriage certificates, January 1866–January 1867 (72), is arranged chronologically regardless of type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.5.7
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Labor Contracts and Miscellaneous Court Papers — Perry (Agent)

1866–68

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Unbound labor contracts and miscellaneous court papers, 1866–68, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.74.6
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Labor Contracts — Anderson Court House (Acting Subassistant Commissioner – Anderson District)

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts, 1865–67, are arranged in six subseries; Series "A" is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of employer and thereunder numerically, entered in Volume (107); Series "B" is arranged numerically, entered in Volume (107);…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.4.9
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Labor Contracts — Ashville

Aug. 1865

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The unbound labor contracts, August 1865, are arranged chronologically. The contracts were approved and witnessed by the commander of U. S. Forces at Jacksonville, Alabama, not by a Bureau agent stationed at Ashville.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.1.1
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Labor Contracts — Barnwell (Subassistant Commissioner – Barnwell District)

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts cover the period 1865–68. Series "A," 1865, is arranged numerically. Series "B," 1865, is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the employer. Series "C," 1866, is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.5.14
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Labor Contracts — Berkley District

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts, 1866–68, are arranged by year and thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the employer except for part of 1868, which is arranged numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.9.1
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Labor Contracts — Charleston (Subassistant Commissioner – 6th Subdistrict)

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts, June 1865–March 1868, are arranged by year and thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the employer.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.12.8
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Labor Contracts — Chester (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts cover the period 1866–68. Those for 1866–67 are arranged by year and thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the employer; those for 1868 are arranged by the month and thereunder numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.16.9
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Labor Contracts — Darlington (Acting Assistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound labor contracts, 1865–67, are arranged by year. The year 1865 is arranged numerically; the year 1866 is arranged in two parts, the first part is arranged numerically and the second part is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.21.15
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