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Title	William Allen Speech on the Enlistment of Negro Soldiers
Subject	Ohio Government African American Ohioans Military Ohio Civil War African American soldiers
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio) Ohio
Description	William Allen delivered this speech to the Ohio House of Representatives on February 2, 1863. In it he opposes legislation that would allow African Americans to join Ohio regiments to fight in the Civil War. The speech is 8 pages long and measures 5.5 by 9 inches (13.97 by 22.86 cm). Later in 1863 the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation allowing the recruitment of African American men. The 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was formed in Delaware, Ohio between August and November 1863 as an African American regiment organized under white officers. It was later designated the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Troops.
Date of Original	February 02, 1863
Collection	http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam (for more information about African Americans in Ohio)
Source	Published material; PA Box 94_6
Format	book; speech
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
Date created	2010-06-06

Title	Om1277_780100_073
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1277_780100_073.tif
Image Height	3214
Image Width	2080
File Size	207.361 KB
Full Text	SPEECH or HON. WILLIAM ALLEN, OF OHIO, •K THE ElSTLISTMENT OF NE6B0 SOLDIERS; DBLITKRID Tn THB MOVIB OP RBPABSBIITATIVBS, PBBBVART «» t»«S4. WABHINOTOl^
Date created	2009-01-22

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