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- ↑ MacQuarrie, Brian (November 21, 2020). "Escaped slave and Navy sailor recounted his remarkable Civil War story in a diary". The Boston Globe.
- 1 2 O'Connor, Brian Wright (October 3, 2012). "William Benjamin Gould's diary traces road to freedom". The Bay State Banner. Boston. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ↑ Gould IV 2002, p. 287.
- ↑ Gould IV 2002, p. 290.
- ↑ "William B. Gould IV". stanford.edu. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Agricultural Labor Relations Board". stanford.edu. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ Gould IV 2002, p. xiv.
- ↑ William B. Gould IV. "William B. Gould IV -- Diary of a Contraband". Stanford University. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ↑ Gould IV 2002, p. xviii.
