Description: This photograph shows David Jenkins. Born in Virginia in 1811, Jenkins moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1837. In 1844, he established the Palladium of Liberty, a weekly antislavery newspaper. He was active in the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad. In 1873, Jenkins moved to Mississippi to teach; two years later, he was elected to the Mississippi legislature. He died in 1877. This portrait photograph appeared in "An Official History of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Ohio," published in 1906. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_792541_033
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Civil Liberties; African American newspapers; Underground Railroad; Portrait photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration published in Harper's Weekly depicts an African American regiment in action on the battlefield during the U.S. Civil War. ALTERNATE TEXT: A print of a battle scene in the U.S. Civil War. An African American regiment faces off against the Rebel army. The battlefield is on a hill with water in the distance. One African American soldier holds a tattered American flag at the top of the hill. Much of the battlefield is covered in smoke or dust from gunfire and fighting. The scene includes seven visible horses in the skirmish. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS25A-D_005
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Newspapers
 

Description: This is an illustration from Harper's Weekly of two African Americans entertaining troops by dancing near a campfire during the Civil War. ALTERNATE TEXT: A group of men, about 33 individuals, sit around a campfire at night near a military camp. There are a few men in the four tents, but they are not in focus. Two African American entertainers are near the middle of the make-shift circle. One African American is mid-jump with his arms on his hips. The fiddler, whos face is a stereotypical caricature with missing teeth, sits at the inner edge of the circle to the right side. A drum lays unused near the fiddler. Two men to the bottom right of the circle are playing cards with a piece of paper in between them that read "IOU". There are what look to be marbles around the "IOU" paper. A few of the soldiers are wearing different uniforms and hats, but are intermingled with the Union army troops. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS25A-D_001
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Newspapers
 

Description: This illustration, published in Harper's Weekly on April 2, 1864, depicts African American civilians and soldiers assisting General Sherman's rear-guard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS25A-D_002
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Newspapers
 

Description: Illustration of a Civil War skirmish fought between the Pennsylvania Cavalry and a large group of Rebels published in Harper's Weekly on December 21, 1861. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS25A-D_004
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Newspapers
 

Description: Photograph of Queenie E. Edmonds, a friend or relative of Colonel Charles Young. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B10F04_A
Subjects: African American women; African American soldiers; African American men; Newspapers; Correspondence; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Portrait of Colonel Charles Young in uniform. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_SC3_B01F03
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Newspapers; Correspondence; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.