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First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of...
A government document showing claims paid for emancipated slaves to their former owners.
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- Kiplinger Library, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
A government document showing claims paid for emancipated slaves to their former owners.
A government document showing claims paid for emancipated slaves to their former owners.
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