Military | The Mitchell Collection of African American History

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Master/Slave Enlistment Agreement from 1777 – For One of the First African Americans to Enlist in the Revolutionary War

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Continental Army Pay Document – A Black Recruit Changes His Name to Reflect His New Status

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The 1st Rhode Island Black Regiment Served at Battle of Yorktown

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Virginian’s Letters to Lord Cornwallis Seek Return of Escaped Slaves Within British Encampments at Yorktown

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George Washington Recovers Mount Vernon Slaves Who Fled to the British Navy – A First Review of Rare, Never Before Seen Document

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George Washington Recovers Mount Vernon Slaves Who Fled to the British Navy – A First Review of Rare, Never Before Seen Document

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Gen. Andrew Jackson’s Desperate Call for Free Blacks to Defend New Orleans in War of 1812

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The Fantastic Claim of a Connecticut Drummer Boy

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The Fantastic Claim of a Connecticut Drummer Boy

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First Study of Black Participation in the American Revolution and War of 1812

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Buffalo Soldier Discharged After Five Years Service

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Buffalo Soldiers in the Southwest

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Henry Ossian Flipper – Autobiography of First Black U.S. Military Academy Graduate

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Colonel Charles Young – First Black West Point Graduate to Achieve High Rank

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Black Cavalry were the Real Heroes of the Spanish-American War

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World War I Recruitment Poster – May Have Had Racial Overtones

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Eugene Jacques Bullard – First African American Combat Pilot Faced Bias

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Tuskegee Airman WW II Fundraising Poster

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Black GI’s – After Landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day

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The Chicago Defender – Confronted Segregation Within the Military

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African American Pilot in Korea and Vietnam

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Black Participation in the Vietnam War

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