USS Minnesota I

USS Minnesota I (1855)
Participated in the first naval combat operation in the Civil War and had a black detachment man a pivot gun.

reference: Soldiers Sailors Citizens: African Americans in the Union Navy

Our Man in Charleston

Our Man In Charleston

Description : British consul Robert Bunch's efforts to prevent the re-opening of the African slave trade.

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mentions : Negro Seaman Act

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Based on :Letters of Foreign Office correspondence

author :Christopher Dickey

identifier : isbn:978-0-307-88727-6

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Negro Seaman Act

British National Archives Foreign Office

Forgotten Patriots Book

Description : Identifies over 6,600 names of African Americans and American Indians who contributed to American Independence

• author : Daughters of the American Revolution
• identifier : ISBN:978-1-892237-10-1
• name : Forgotten Patriots: AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AMERICAN INDIAN PATRIOTS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
• URL :https://www.dar.org/sites/default/files/media/library/DARpublications/Forgotten_Patriots_ISBN-978-1-892237-10-1.pdf
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• has part : Forgotten Patriots Supplement 2008-2012 at https://www.dar.org/sites/default/files/media/library/DARpublications/Forgotten_Patriots_Supplement_2008-2001_ISBN-978-1-892237-13-2.pdf
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Negro Seaman Act

Laws to restrict the movement of free black seamen in response to the discovery of the Denmark Vesey slave conspiracy, who sought assistance from foreign blacks. County sheriffs were empowered to arrest and jail all black sailors until the ship is ready to sail

• Document name : First Negro Seaman Act.
• Date of document : 1822
• Author : South Carolina Legislature
• Mentioned in : Our Man in Charleston