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African American Sailors in the Battle of Lake Erie

African American Sailors in the Battle of Lake Erie is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Erie, Erie County, dedicated 1996.

Erie Maritime Museum at Niagara Plaza in rear along fence, 150 E. Front St., Erie

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These skilled seamen were among those who enabled Oliver Hazard Perry to defeat and capture a British squadron, Sept. 10,1813. Their participation--critical to victory--secured a place for African Americans in the region's history.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1804 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1810 · United States of America, northern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1812 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1819 · Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Pennsylvania (A. Finley, 1824) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819), 1819, covering the location of African American Sailors in the Battle of Lake Erie, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819), 1819, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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