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Pupils in Vicksburg Schools, 1865

Pupils in Vicksburg Schools, 1865

Milton Coates listed as a school pupil in Vicksburg, March 1865. View the original document in the Smithsonian’s Freedmen’s Bureau Digital Collection.

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DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/GAX6F

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