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African Americans of Jefferson County (Images of America) by Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society (W. Va.) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is African Americans of Jefferson County (Images of America) about?
Jefferson County can proudly claim a large number of firsts when it comes to African Americans in national history. The raid to free slaves that served as a catalyst for the Civil War was led by abolitionist John Brown in Harpers Ferry. The first man wounded in the rebellion was Heyward Shepherd, a free African American and a Jefferson County resident. Pres. Abraham Lincoln appointed Jefferson County native Martin Robison Delany as the first African American field officer of the Civil War. In 19
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society (W. Va.)
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781439622797
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Historical Fiction, Literary Collections
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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