mixed material monographic eng fre spa 1,165 5 1 1.9 Correspondence, speeches, writings, court records, legal documents, slave deeds, family papers, birth records, inventories, wills, military records, financial records, ship's papers, and marriage certificates pertaining to African Americans from the colonial period through the early twenty-first century. Topics include the slave trade, abolition, manumission, emancipation, medical care of slaves, civil rights, slaves, fugitive slaves, freedmen, free blacks, medical care of slaves, and African Americans serving in the Civil War and World War I. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Collection material in English, French, and Spanish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282 Includes a receipt book (1851 February 6-1853 May 23) of Lewis C. Robards that was formerly cataloged separately. Abolitionists African Americans Apprentices Civil rights Free blacks Freedmen Fugitive slaves Registers of births, etc Ship's papers Slave records Slave trade Slavery Slaves Slaves Emancipation Slaves Legal status, laws, etc Slaves Medical care Vital statistics World War, 1914-1918 African Americans United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American Robards, Lewis C. mm 82057687 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 820618 20260227111715.0 mm 82057687