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WatchSec of the Interior - Suppression of Slave Trade and Colonization
Agents within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior were authorized by the Secretary of the Navy to receive any "Negroes, mulattos, or persons of color" found aboard vessels seized off the coast of Africa and relocate them to what is now known as Liberia. Their work parallels that of the American Colonization Society, the records for which are also available at Fold3.…More
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Annotation added: Jacob Thompson
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Annotation added: Colonel John H Newman
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Annotation added: colored persons
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Annotation added: Yates & Porterfield
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Annotation added: J. P. Usher, Sec. of Interior
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Annotation added: ...now solicit from the Hon. Secretary of the Interior leave of absence...
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Annotation added: Yates & Porterfield
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Source Information
Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Suppression of the African Slave Trade and Negro Colonization, 1854-72. Original data from: The National Archives
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