We the Undersigned: Transcribing a 1865 Petition for Black South Carolinians' Equal Rights

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This webinar celebrates and introduce a new By the People transcription campaign for an important document in the Library's collection as well as the resources to better understand its context. By the People will launches a transcription campaign for a petition created in 1865 by Black South Carolinians fighting for equal rights, including the right to vote. This particular petition, submitted only months after the end of the Civil War, is a rare and significant artifact because of the appendage of individual pages of signatures glued end-to-end to form a document that is just over 54 feet long when fully extended. During the webinar, Library colleagues Michelle Krowl and Ahmed Johnson will orient the public to the historical context of this document and the genealogical resources that the Library of Congress offers to help transcribers and researchers better understand and making meaning from it.

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Library of Congress, in Library of Congress

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Rights statement at the Library of Congress, as the Library of Congress states it.

Credit

Library of Congress

Language

English

Country

United States

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