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Douglass Day is an annual program that marks the birth of Frederick Douglass and strives to create new and freely available resources for learning about Black history during a transcribe-a-thon. This year, we will transcribe documents from Princeton University Library’s Special Collections, related to legal and economic conditions of newly emancipated African Americans in Louisiana just after the Civil War. We will also explore the possibilities and limitations of artificial intelligence by starting with messy text generated by a handwritten text recognition (HTR) platform.
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Legal Documents - Freedmen and Black Bayou / Hood's Plantation, 1865-1869
These documents are part of Princeton University Library's Special Collections. They are related to the legal and economic conditions of newly emancipated African Americans in Louisiana just after the Civil War. Starting text for this document was processed using Transkribus, a handwritten text...
37 pages: 18% complete (70% corrected, 51% needs review)