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The freedmen's book

by Lydia Maria Child

Inspiring biographies of successful former slaves.

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African AmericansFreedmenBiographyAfro-AmericansFreed persons, united statesAfrican americans, historyAfrican americans, biographyNegroesReconstructioncitizenship

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