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History of the Negro Race in America, 1619–1880

George Washington Williams's pioneering history, published 1882

George Washington Williams's two-volume History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880 (1882), held here as indexed catalog entries. Ask about the held text; answers cite the records they draw on.

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  • Records organized: ready
  • Names and dates reviewed: ready
  • Counts and comparisons: ready
  • Checked against the records: not yet available
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Records organized. Every catalog entry has been separated out with its date and the people in it, so the collection can be counted and filtered rather than only searched.

Names and dates reviewed. A scholar has checked the names, places and dates the computed answers use, and those decisions are on the record.

Counts and comparisons. The desk counts, ranks and combines, and says so when a question asks for more than these records can support.

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For researchers
Cite this “History of the Negro Race in America, 1619–1880”, from Project Gutenberg. Ask the Records (Kevin Hegg, publisher), corpus version 5d00a800f811, build 945, accessed 2026-10-21, https://asktherecords.fly.dev/shelves/williams-negro-race/versions/5d00a800f811.

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Answers come from the 64 digitized catalog entrys and cite them.