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Black Disability Politics in Black Military Service: A Perspective from Nineteenth-Century Fort Davis, Texas

Laurie A. Wilkiea Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Katherine M. Kinkopfb Department of Geography and Anthropology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-6492View further author information
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Received 07 Jun 2022, Accepted 20 Apr 2023, Published online: 13 Jun 2023

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