Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, were part of the defending forces of Washington, D.C. Photo shows two rows of African Americans holding rifles at Fort Lincoln in 1864.
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How The 14th Amendment got Ratified in Georgia
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Haitian Slave Rebellion 1791-1804
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Robertson’s Jams and marmalade
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May 30, 1921
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Young African-American woman posing for photograph in Detroit, Michigan circa 1948
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African Americans, members of 369th Colored Infantry, wave from a troop ship as they arrive back in New York City, ca. 1919
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The Myth of Benevolent Slavery