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040			_aDLC _cDLC _edacs _dDLC
072		7	_aB _2lcmd
100	1		_aGladstone, William A., _ccollector.
245	0	0	_aAfro-American military collection, _f1773-1987 _g(bulk 1861-1865).
300			_a500 _fitems.
300			_a5 _fcontainers plus _a4 _foversize.
300			_a3.6 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, pay vouchers, orders, muster rolls, enlistment and discharge papers, receipts, contracts, affidavits, tax records, miscellaneous military documents, and printed matter documenting African Americans in military service. The bulk of the collection concerns the Civil War service of the U.S. Corps d'Afrique (organized in 1863 and renamed U.S. Colored Troops in 1864). Documents from the American Revolution consist chiefly of pay vouchers of Connecticut African Americans serving in the U.S. Continental Army. Also includes documents pertaining to slavery and printed matter such as nineteenth century speeches and writings on slavery, government orders, broadsides, and twentieth-century booklets and journal articles.
545	0		_aCollector.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bColored Troops.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bContinental Army _xAfrican American troops.
610	2	0	_aUnited States. _bCorps d'Afrique.
650		0	_aSlavery.
651		0	_aUnited States _xArmed Forces _xAfrican Americans.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xParticipation, African American.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xParticipation, African American.
656		7	_aCollectors. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131.3
999			_c44369 _d44369