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The Freedmen’s Experience on Theodore Roosevelt Island

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Cultural Landscapes Program National Capital Region. The Freedmen’s Experience on Theodore Roosevelt Island. Jonathan Pliska : Landscape Historian – CLP, NCR Formerly Historian with the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).

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The Freedmen’s Experience on Theodore Roosevelt Island

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  1. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Cultural Landscapes Program National Capital Region The Freedmen’s Experience on Theodore Roosevelt Island Jonathan Pliska: Landscape Historian – CLP, NCR Formerly Historian with the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  2. Introduction Washington, DC Theodore Roosevelt Island Potomac River Virginia Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS DC-12) E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  3. Mason’s Island Above: Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS DC-28) Left: Library of Congress, Geography and Maps Division E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  4. 1st U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  5. Barracks Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  6. Military Training They are manly enough, bright enough, look as if they had the soldier-stuff in them, look hardy, patient, many of them real handsome young fellows. . . . These then are the black troops – or the beginning of them. Well no one can see them, even under these circumstances – their military career in its novitiate – without feeling well pleased with them. - Walt Whitman E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  7. Contrabands Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  8. Society of Friends The poor inmates are destitute of every comfort, ragged filthy, and lying on the floor . . . dying for something they could eat. - Louisa J. Roberts Frontispiece to Biographical Sketch of Louisa J. Roberts E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  9. Relief Supplies First Annual Report of the Board and Managers of the Association of Friends for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, 1865 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  10. Camp Map National Archives, Record Group 42 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  11. Sojourner Truth I went to Mason’s Island, and saw the freedmen there, and held several meetings . . . all are delighted to hear me talk. I think I am doing good. I am needed here. - Sojourner Truth Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  12. Register of Departures E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A National Archives, Microfilm M1902

  13. Closing Camp Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  14. Future Possibilities Additional Research Site Interpretation Genealogy Archaeology Other Freedmen’s Sites E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  15. Jonathan Pliska Landscape Historian Cultural Landscapes Program National Capital Region Office Phone: 202-354-2109 Jonathan_Pliska@nps.gov jwpliska@gmail.com National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

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