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Title	Descriptive list of contrabands shipped on board the U.S. Steamer Somerset
Creator	U.S. Navy.
Place	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Connecticut
Topic	African Americans Sailors Slavery
Topic-Person	Adams, Sherman W., 1836-1898
Topic-Organization, Vessel	United States. Navy Somerset (Steamship)
Genre	Manuscripts
Description	A handwritten list of contrabands, or freed slaves, who were taken on board the U.S.S. Somerset during the Civil War. The list includes the year of entry into the Navy, the name, the "rate" or rank, how many years the man was enlisted (the entire war), where each was born, age, hair and eye color, height, complexion marks and scars, occupation, years at sea (none) and remarks (slave). The commanding officer was Lieutenant A.F. Crusman and the document is also signed by Thomas Chatfield, Acting Master.
Notes	The men who were listed as aboard the U.S.S. Somerset were Sampson Freeman, Pleasant Willey, and Moses Crawford, born in Georgia; Dennis Crawford, born in Florida; Calvin Crawford and Cato Crawford, also born in Georgia; James Ward of North Carolina, Joseph Crawford of Maryland, Thomas Adams who was born in Africa, Anderson and Henry Adams of Florida, and Moses Adams of Georgia. The men ranged in age from 15 to 31, all were described as Negro, and nearly all had some distinguishing mark, often described as a scar. James Ward was a blacksmith; the other men were simply listed as laborers.
Date created	1863
Identifier	Accession Number: 13634 File Name: Ms_13634_USS_Somerset.1
Source	Connecticut Historical Society
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the Library at The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Manuscripts

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