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H.R. 390, The Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act (2 comments ↓)
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H.R. 390 would require the establishment of a national database in the National Archives to preserve records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction and to provide grants to State and local entities to establish similar local databases.
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Akilah Nosakhere, African American Studies Librarian
February 25, 2007, 3:12pm (report abuse)The preservation of American historical records should be of upmost importance to us all. I ask that H.R.390 be supported and funds made available for the creation of state level databases to provide access to these rare and irreplaceable documents.
Elisabeth
November 29, 2007, 9:03am (report abuse)This is an excellent cause. As a library employee, I heartily support it.
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