Anti-Slavery Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: BCA 0168 HC 03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection of manuscript, typescript, and printed materials contains resources created between 1769 and 1916 documenting the institution of slavery, the anti-slavery movement, and the aftermath of slavery in the United States. The collection includes small publications, correspondence, slave bills of sale and deeds, a bibliography of anti-slavery literature, and a 1916 autobiographical statement by Andrew H. Hill, a formerly enslaved man from Madison County, Kentucky.

Of particular note in the collection are letters written by Levi Coffin, James Birney, and Thomas Garrett; an 1856 anti-slavery publication written by William Goodell (a compatriot of Berea College founder Rev. John G. Fee); and typescript accounts by Matilda Hamilton Fee.

Dates

created: 1769-1916
Other: Majority of material found within 1800-1880

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on use by researchers other than federal copyright restrictions.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Anti-Slavery Collection contains essays, addresses, reports, letters, business and legal records, research notes, and other materials collected by Berea College librarians through donation and purchase. These items document the institution of slavery, the anti-slavery movement, the conflict over slavery, and the aftermath of slavery in the United States of America.

Arrangement Note

The records are arranged into four series:

Series 1 - Publications, 1834-1881
Series 2 - Legal Documents, 1769-1849
Series 3 - Correspondence, 1825-1863
Series 4 - Additional Manuscript and Typescript Documents, 1857-1916

Related Materials

Papers of the William Goodell Family, Special Collections and Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY

Berea College Archives Founders and Founding, Special Collections and Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY

John G. Fee Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY

E.H. Fairchild Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY

Cassius M. Clay Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Berea College, Berea, Ky.