mixed material monographic eng fre spa 1,265 7 2 3.8 Arranged alphabetically by topic, name of person or organization, or type of material and alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. Correspondence, speeches, writings, court records, slave records, slave deeds, emancipation and manumission papers, birth and marriage records, wills, family and genealogical papers, military records, financial records, ships' papers, broadsides, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to African Americans from the colonial period through the early twenty-first century. Subjects include the slave trade, slaves, medical care of slaves, fugitive slaves, abolition, emancipation, manumission, freed persons, civil rights, political rights and suffrage, and military service, in particular, during the American Civil War. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Black History Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Gift, bequest, purchase, and transfer, circa 1900-2025. Collection material in English, French, and Spanish. Includes a receipt book (1851 February 6-1853 May 23) of Lewis C. Robards, trader of enslaved persons, that was formerly cataloged separately (MSS22285). Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282 Robards, Lewis C. African American families African American soldiers African Americans African Americans Genealogy African Americans Politics and government African Americans Suffrage Civil rights Deeds Enslaved persons Enslaved persons Emancipation Enslaved persons Legal status, laws, etc Enslaved persons Medical care Free Black people Freed persons Fugitive slaves Marriage records Registers of births, etc Ship's papers Slave trade Slave records Slavery Wills United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home MSS57687 mm 82057687 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282.3 dacs DLC 820618 20260804132744.8 5809923 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng