Historical Newspaper: Congress [Robert Smalls]
Subject
Robert Smalls
Title
Historical Newspaper: Congress [Robert Smalls]
Date
05/20/1862
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See red highlight or 1st column, 3rd to last paragraph.
Chronicling America presents a May 20, 1862 article from the New York Herald (NY) on different matters discussed during Senate hearings. The article highlights a bill that was introduced to compensate formerly enslaved men - Robert Smalls and his crew members - for seizing and delivering a Confederate gunboat to Union Army Commodore, Samuel Francis Dupont. The article includes details on other components of the bill such as the vessel's appraisal and the proposed rewards for Robert Smalls and his crew.
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Chronicling America presents a May 20, 1862 article from the New York Herald (NY) on different matters discussed during Senate hearings. The article highlights a bill that was introduced to compensate formerly enslaved men - Robert Smalls and his crew members - for seizing and delivering a Confederate gunboat to Union Army Commodore, Samuel Francis Dupont. The article includes details on other components of the bill such as the vessel's appraisal and the proposed rewards for Robert Smalls and his crew.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling History (The New York Herald, NY)
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“Historical Newspaper: Congress [Robert Smalls],” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 7, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/143.