Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Bullets and Bulletins: African American Activism in Civil War Era Rhode Island
Petition asking for repeal of Statute forbidding the intermarriage of Whites and Blacks, January 1868
11/25/19, 3:06 PM
An Act to secure to all persons within the State their civil rights with accompanying letters of support from Mahlon Van Horne & George T. Downing of Newport, January 1884
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
Authority to Raise Battalion of Colored Heavy Artillery, August 14, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Authority to Raise Colored Regiment, February 10, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Authority to Raise Heavy Artillery Company of Colored Men, June 17, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Charles Harris letter to Adjutant General, August 11, 1862
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Regimental Notifications of Death: Daniel Wormsley, Battery A, April 4, 1864
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
David D. Williamson letter, March 16, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
General Order 24 Establishing a Camp for the recruits for the Colored Regiment, July 28, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
General Order 36: Sixth Rhode Island Volunteers, August 4, 1862
2/2/22, 5:54 PM
General Order No 5 Designating the Colored Regiment the 14th Regiment, February 17, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
George Downing Petition, January 1878
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
George Downing Petition, May 1859
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
George Nelson enlistment papers, July 28, 1864
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
George Nelson; age 18; native of Providence; July 28, 1864, enrolled as a Substitute for Thomas F. Fessenden of Providence.
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
George T. Downing letter to Governor Smith, September 17, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Regimental Notifications of Death: George Wallace, Battery A, January 14, 1864
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
George Washington Petition to the General Assembly, January 1866
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Henry F. Gardner enlistment papers, January 19, 1865
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Horace Greeley Wade Petition to the General Assembly, 1866
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
J. Sheldon letter to Adjutant General, August 12, 1862
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
James Spelman letter to Governor Smith, January 2, 1864
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
John Pool letter to Governor Smith, December 23, 1864
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Regimental Notifications of Death: John Telegrove, Battery A, April 4, 1864
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
Johnson letter to Governor, August 16, 1862
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Regimental Notifications of Death: Lewis Fisher, Battery C, December 20, 1863
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
Major General N.F.T. Dana letter to Governor Smith, January 27, 1864
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Nathaniel Scoggins Petition to the General Assembly, January 1866
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
No distinctions on account of race or color of the applicant for public school admission, 1866
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
P.B. Randolph letter to Governor Smith, September 3, 1863
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Petition for Act Guaranteeing Equal School Rights, January 1862
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
Petition for Act Guaranteeing Equal School Rights, January 1864
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
Petition for Act Guaranteeing Equal School Rights, January 1860
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
Petition regarding the law forbidding inter-marriage of whites with Negroes, Indians, and Mulattoes, 1876
2/25/21, 2:29 PM
Babcock writes that he enlisted “for 13 dollars and the same rations and privileges as white soldiers,” but has only been offered $7.00 per month and half-rations.
8/16/19, 8:16 PM
Joint Resolution of Congress Upon Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Transmittal Letter of William H. Seward, Department of State, Feb.2, 1865 & accompanying Rhode Island Joint resolution to adopt, February 2, 1864
2/2/22, 5:30 PM
Roster of Officers of the 14th Heavy Artillery, c. 1863-1864
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Walter F. Taylor letter to Adjutant General, August 9, 1862
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
Wiley Latham Petition to the General Assembly, January 1866
2/4/22, 5:24 PM
