Sunday, June 9, 2019

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

Friday, May 31, 2019

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.
  • URL :
  • 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
  • URL :
    Negro Seaman Act
    British National Archives Foreign Office
  • Thursday, May 30, 2019

    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
    • mentions :
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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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    Tuesday, May 28, 2019

    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

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