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  Benjamin D. Swanegan

  Regiment: 108th United States Colored Infantry Company: H Rank: 1st Sergeant Mustered-in date and place: 6 July 1864 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States Mustered-out date and place: Not listed Veteran's death date and place: 15 September 1865 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States
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  Benjamin Gardner

  Regiment: 1st South Carolina Colored Infantry; 33d United States Colored Troops Company: B Rank: Private Mustered-in date and place: 19 October 1862 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States Mustered-out date and place: 31 January 1866 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
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  Benjamin Lagaree

  Regiment: 103rd United States Colored Infantry Company: B Rank: Sergeant; Private Mustered-in date and place: 23 January 1865 at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States Mustered-out date and place: 17 April 1866 at Fort Pulaski, Chatham County, Georgia, United States
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  Benjamin Lewis

  Regiment: 5th U.S. Colored Troops Cavalry Company: E Rank: Sergeant Mustered-in date and place: 9 September 1864 in Camp Nelson, Kentucky, United States Mustered-out date and place: Killed in service on 25 January 1865 in Simpsonville, Shelly County, Kentucky, United States
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  Benjamin Mikell
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  Benjamin Norris Cooke
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  Benjamin Wright
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  Bennie Milton Webb
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  Benzina Anna Margaret Franklin
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  Berkeley County, South Carolina Irish-born enslavers

  Compiled transcription detailing Irish-born enslavers living in South Carolina. Created using public sources.
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  Berry L. Waldren

  Regiment: 11th USC Vol. Heavy Artillery; 11th USC Ky. Art.; 8th USC Heavy Artillery; 14th R.P. Kentucky Artillery Company: L Rank: Private Mustered-in date and place: 5 December 1863 Mustered-out date and place: 2 October 1865 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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  Bertha Middleton Hudson
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  Bertha Titus
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  Bessie Mae Matthews Dugger
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  Bessie Pulliam Childs
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  Bettie Bailey McGee
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  Betty Holloway
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  Betty Jo McDaniel Davis
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  Beverley Anderson

  Regiment: 40th United States Colored Volunteer Infantry Company: C Rank: Private Mustered-in date and place: 8 August 1864 in Madison County, Tennessee, United States Mustered-out date and place: 25 April 1866 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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  Beverly Burch

  Beverly shares her thoughts and emotions about when she discovered that some of her ancestors were enslavers and how this discovery shaped her anti-racism work in the United States, and documenting historical Black communities in the South.
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  Bicken Gadson

  Regiment: 2nd South Carolina Colored Infantry; 34th United States Colored Troops Company: E Rank: Private Mustered-in date and place: 1 April 1863 Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States Mustered-out date and place: 20 September 1865
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  Bishop Johnie Johnson

  Bishop Johnie Johnson reflects on his early life growing up in Summerton, South Carolina, where his family lived and worked as sharecroppers on a plantation. They farmed to provide their own food, raised chickens, and made do with what they had—even creating light using a soda bottle. His oldest brother later moved to Goose Creek, South Carolina, for work, and the plantation owner helped relocate the family to the Marrington Plantation.
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  Bobby M James, Sr
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  Bobby Walker

  Bobby Walker discusses learning the truth about his family's legacy and teaching the truth about American history.
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  Bonnie Faye Winters Gordon-Jarrett