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United States Colored Troops Civil War Widows' Pension Applications: Tell the Story

Bernice Bennett

Apr 24, 2015

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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

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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 Bennett

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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