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"Black" Harry Bainbridge
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A Day in the Life of Emily Goodridge Grey
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Colored emigrants seeking homes in the North
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Dr. Obadiah D. Howard and his grandson
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Eliza Winston and the Politics of Freedom in Minnesota
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Federation of Negro Women
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Fighting Chance
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First African American troops to leave St. Paul
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Grand mass meeting of the colored people of MN
Civil War
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Home for Transient Girls
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Joseph Farr Remembers the Underground Railroad in Minnesota
Civil War
abolition, African Americans, slavery
Julia B. Nelson with pupil
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Juneteenth: Freedom at Last
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Ladies Aid Society, Pilgrim Baptist Church
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Leg irons
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Lt. William Howard in officer's uniform
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African Americans, soldiers
Margaret Estella Jones
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Minnesota's Long Road to Black Suffrage
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African Americans, government
Minnesota, Voting Rights and the Civil War
Civil War
African Americans, government, slavery
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan
Civil War
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Phyllis Wheatley group
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Public Reception by the Citizens of St. Paul
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Race and Reunion
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Race and Segregation in St. Paul's Public Schools
Civil War
African Americans, children, homefront
Reel pattern applique quilt
Civil War
African Americans, women
Revered Robert Hickman
Civil War
African Americans, homefront, slavery
Slave quarters, Helena, Arkansas
Civil War
African Americans, Confederacy, slavery
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Civil War
African Americans, children, soldiers
Split in Two: The Dred Scott Decision
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African Americans, government, slavery
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Civil War
African Americans, government
Surgical dressing units
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The Abolition Movement in Minnesota
Civil War
abolition, African Americans, slavery, women
The Appeal, April 21, 1917
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African Americans, homefront
The Black Community in Territorial St. Anthony
Civil War
African Americans, homefront, women
US Army overseas cap
WWI
African Americans, clothing, soldiers
Winslow Hotel, St. Anthony
Civil War
African Americans, homefront, slavery
World War I campaign medal
WWI
African Americans, soldiers