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African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on citizens of the United States of black African descent. Works on blacks who temporarily reside in the United States, such as aliens, students from abroad, etc., are entered under Blacks--United States. Works on blacks outside the United States are entered under Blacks--[place]. Search also: subdivision African Americans; under individual wars, e.g. World War, 1939-1945--African Americans; and headings beginning with African American.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Aileen Shafer, Collector, Material regarding African-Americans

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3756
Scope and Contents

Nineteenth century records regarding African-Americans, including deed of emancipation (1829), two brief autograph letters by abolitionists Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips (1850, 1882), eight copies of "The Anti-Slavery Record", a significant abolitionist publication (1835), and twenty popular song broadsides featuring minstrel song themes (ca. 1830s-1860s).

Dates: 1829-1884