African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

Scope and Contents The collection consists of an 1862 legal petition filed by Philip T. Berry in Washington, DC, for compensation for the emancipation of thirteen formerly enslaved individuals: Nelly Beall, Sandy Beall, Sophy Beall, Susan Beall, Margaret Beall, Kitty Beall, Robert Beall, Alexander Beall, Mary Beall, Henry Thomas, and Ann Thomas. The petition includes descriptions of each of the formerly enslaved individuals. The petition was filed following the passing of the District of Columbia Compensated...

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Records of the Center For Applied Linguistics Negro American Dialect Project, including: teaching materials; interviews with Black children from Washington, DC (open reel recordings and transcripts); and demographic information on the participants in the study.

Scope and Contents The Edward I. Devitt, SJ Papers contain diaries, sermons, correspondence, manuscripts, and miscellaneous material. Of note are his accounts of early post-war social and political events in Washington, DC (box 1 folders 1-2), which often focus on the Black population of the area. Within his near-daily diaries he describes the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln; post-war legislation such as the Freedmen's Bureau Bill; anniversary celebrations of emancipation in the District; and the...