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‘Slave market of America’ – 1835-36
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First casualty of Civil War – Baltimore: 1861
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Former Alexandria slave trading complex seized: 1862
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Captured Confederates in former Alexandria, VA slave pens: 1862 ca.
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Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry at Ft. Lincoln: 1865 ca.
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107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Ft. Corcoran, VA: 1865 #2
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107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Ft Corcoran, VA: 1865
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Prospect Hill – headquarters of the 13th New York Cavalry: 1865
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22nd Regimental Flag: 1864 ca.
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Freedmans Village, Arlington, VA: 1864
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Freedman’s Village in Arlington, Virginia: 1865 ca.
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African American soldier poses in Washington: 1880 ca.
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Tubman stamp is first of Black Heritage USA series: 1978