Box 1
Contains 73 Results:
Letter from James G. Birney for the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, New York, to a separate party in favor of questioning candidates re: views on slavery, 1838 July
The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Letter from Benjamin Barnes or Barner, Smithland, Kentucky, to Mr. Jehu Wells, Spartanburg, Soouth Carolina, regarding sale of tobacco from “your negro man Georges,” plus comments on weather and politics, 1844 October 10
The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Letter from Levi Coffin, Cincinnati, to M. M. Robinson, responding to questions about the split in the Quaker meeting of Indiana over antislavery activities, 1853 July 18
The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Letter from James Nelson, Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co, Kentucky, to his son in Missouri. Discusses price of crops, stock, drought, activities of friends and neighbors. The Matt and Lizzie in the postscript may be slaves, 1857 September 12
The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Letter from Thomas Garrett, Wilmington, Deleware, to Abby H. Patten, discussing hardships and hope for abolition of slavery, 1861 May 22
The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Letter from J. D. Nelson of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry, Camp Douglas, Chicago (Union prison camp), to his parents. Probably the same James mentioned in the 1854 letter from James Nelson, above., 1863 March 22
The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Letter from James Nelson of Pleasant Hill, Clark County, Kentucky, to his son, discussing economic matters and family health, 1858 February 7
The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Bill of Sale for a 7-year old girl from William Daniel to William Hamer, North Carolina, 1769
The second series comprises fourteen legal documents documenting the slave trade: wills, deeds, bills of sale, and manumission papers. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Bill of sale for Nancy, age 40, by A. Saunders to David Sayre, Lexington, Kentucky, 1823
The second series comprises fourteen legal documents documenting the slave trade: wills, deeds, bills of sale, and manumission papers. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Will of William Bentley naming four slaves as bequests, Madison County, Kentucky, 1833, executed 1835
The second series comprises fourteen legal documents documenting the slave trade: wills, deeds, bills of sale, and manumission papers. Arrangement within the series is chronological.