New York City - Colored refugees from Arkansas awaiting transportation to Liberia at the Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel.
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Title
New York City - Colored refugees from Arkansas awaiting transportation to Liberia at the Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel.
Collection
Miscellaneous nineteenth century collections
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1880-04-24
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Subjects
New York (N.Y.)
Refugees -- Liberia
African Americans -- Arkansas
Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
American Colonization Society
Genres
Notes
Content: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 24 April, 1880
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Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 936e2070-c61f-012f-3f06-58d385a7bc34
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1880-04-24
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MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City - Colored refugees from Arkansas awaiting transportation to Liberia at the Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/936e2070-c61f-012f-3f06-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1880). New York City - Colored refugees from Arkansas awaiting transportation to Liberia at the Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/936e2070-c61f-012f-3f06-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City - Colored refugees from Arkansas awaiting transportation to Liberia at the Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/936e2070-c61f-012f-3f06-58d385a7bc34
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