Content: Original caption: West Point, New York. - Court-martial of James W. Smith, the colored cadet - Smith reading his defense, January 12th.
Content: page 329 of the January 28, 1871 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 21 x 28 cm ; black and white

Abstract

West Point cadet James W. Smith reading his defense statement at his court-martial hearing at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, January 12, 1871

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11486940
Photo Order: 54128
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 344702a0-9530-0132-0448-58d385a7b928

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1871-01-28

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "West Point, New York. Court-martial of James W. Smith, the colored cadet - Smith reading his defense, January 12th 1871" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1871. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344702a0-9530-0132-0448-58d385a7b928

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1871). West Point, New York. Court-martial of James W. Smith, the colored cadet - Smith reading his defense, January 12th 1871 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344702a0-9530-0132-0448-58d385a7b928

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "West Point, New York. Court-martial of James W. Smith, the colored cadet - Smith reading his defense, January 12th 1871" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344702a0-9530-0132-0448-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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