401
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) NAVY.
Ninth plate tintype of an African
American seaman.
Seated image from the upper waist; wearing a flared scarf and flat
naval cap; some light discoloration to the upper corner to the right of the subject’s head; in
a period case, hinge repaired. (WGC)
Np, circa 1863-1865
[700/1,000]
402
400
401
402
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.)
Seaman, William Norris.
Cart-de-vis-
ite of a young black seaman, wearing his
“pea-coat, uniform and flat Navy cap.
(WGC)
Brooklyn: Alfred Jacobs, circa 1863-1965
[700/1,000]
A RARE IMAGE OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
SEAMAN
.
There were only 18,000 black men
and eleven women in the naval service, versus
the nearly 179,000 in the regular army. Their
service has been virtually unacknowledged
because of the lack of accurate figures until quite
recently.
