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Talk - The Rejection of Elizabeth Mason: The Case of a “Free Colored” Revolutionary Widow

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700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington , DC, 20004

Phone: 1-86-NARA-NARA
Fax: 1-301-837-0483

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National Archives
700 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington , DC
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February 7, 2012 - 11:00am

Damani Davis, archivist, discusses the rejection and appeals in a pension file and illuminates African American participation in the Revolutionary War.

 

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700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington , DC, 20004

Phone: 1-86-NARA-NARA
Fax: 1-301-837-0483

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