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Black man firing gun--early American war

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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1775 1783
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Military

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African American Soldiers
  3. African Americans
  4. Armed Forces
  5. Arms & Armament
  6. Battles
  7. History
  8. Revolution, 1775 1783
  9. United States

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