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United States Colored Troops Civil War Widows' Pension Applications: Tell the Story
Bernice Bennett
Content
Welcome
2m 55s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 35s
Introduction
3m 38s
Black Soldiers Liberating Slaves
17s
When Freedom Arrived
15s
Civil War Widows' Pension File
27s
Anatomy of a Civil War Widows' Pension File
1m 6s
Acts that Supported Civil War Pension Claims
2m 3s
Finding the Story
1m 24s
USCT Civil War Records
28s
Observations
1m 50s
Marsalis Story
6m 41s
Northup Story
5m 46s
McFall Story
9m 46s
Finding the story
2m 55s
Where to Find the Records
50s
Webinar Challenge
11m 21s
Announcements / prizes
5m 7s
Questions / answers
16m 28s
About this webinar
Explore the challenges faced by widows and/or former slave descendants of soldiers in the United States Colored Troops Widows' Pension Applications.
About the speaker
Bernice Alexander Bennett is an award-winning author, genealogist, nationally recognized guest speaker, storyteller, and producer-host of the popular Research at the National Archives and Beyond BlogT...
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