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Celebration of The Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by the Colored People, in Washington, April 19, 1866

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Alt. titles: Harper's weekly; HarpWeek; African-American Press Preservation Project, State Historical Society, Wisconsin; Accession via http://app.harpweek.comHarper's Weekly; May 12, 1866Images of African Americans in the 19th Century

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Harper's weekly.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. District Of Columbia
  4. Emancipation
  5. Freedmen
  6. Slaver
  7. Slaves
  8. United States
  9. Washington (D.C.)

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