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Standing at the podium, the New York Correction History Society (NYCHS) webmaster narrates the PowerPoint-illustrated presentation related to the United States Colored Troops (USCTs) on Rikers Island during the Civil War. Seated left, facing the audience, is history conference panel moderator/commenter Jennifer Lemak, | |||||||||
1886 Banquet Book Recalls Rikers USCTs Start
It detailed how the Union League Club of New York's banquet souvenir book can serve as an excellent resource for studying the start-up of Rikers Island's United States Colored Troops regiments and how such military service during the Civil War helped transform African-Anerican identity. The presenter, who is webmaster of this CorrectionHistory.Org site and admin of its 1,230+-member New York Correction History group on Facebook, has prepared different digital format versions of the presentation. Links to access them are listed below. You can view any or all the versions on your screen or download them for later viewing and/or printing.
THANK YOU, DAVID MINOR The photos of Union League banquet book presentation at SUNY Albany were taken by David Minor of Eagles Byte Historical Research.
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