Box 1
Contains 74 Results:
Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner: Protection of Freedmen, 1865 December 20
The first series comprises two folders of eighteenth century printed works on slavery, abolition, emancipation, the assassination of President Lincoln, post-war reconstruction of the Union, civil rights, and African re-settlement of former slaves. 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.
A Friendly Address from British Christians to the Ministers and Elders of the American Presbyterian Church, Who Bore a Faithful Testimony Against Slavery in the Late General Assembly at Philadelphia. (On back, end of letter from Anna W. Richardson), 1846
The first series comprises two folders of eighteenth century printed works on slavery, abolition, emancipation, the assassination of President Lincoln, post-war reconstruction of the Union, civil rights, and African re-settlement of former slaves. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas of Illinois: Non-Interference by congress with slavery in the territories, 1860 May 15
The first series comprises two folders of eighteenth century printed works on slavery, abolition, emancipation, the assassination of President Lincoln, post-war reconstruction of the Union, civil rights, and African re-settlement of former slaves. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Mr. Adams on the Amistad Case, from The National Intelligencer, House of Representatives, 1847 March 2
The first series comprises two folders of eighteenth century printed works on slavery, abolition, emancipation, the assassination of President Lincoln, post-war reconstruction of the Union, civil rights, and African re-settlement of former slaves. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Autobiographical statement of Andrew Hill, born into slavery in Madison County, Kentucky on December 16, 1813, 1916 June 5
Copy of typed account by Andrew H. Hill, born a slave with the Dunson family, who enlisted in the US army in 1864. He names the leaders of the mob that pulled down Fee’s first schoolhouse. His recollections are dated June 5, 1916, and he gives his birthdate as Dec. 16, 1813, making him 103 at the time of this account.
"Execution of John Brown - His Final Hours" article, Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 1859 December 3
The first series comprises two folders of eighteenth century printed works on slavery, abolition, emancipation, the assassination of President Lincoln, post-war reconstruction of the Union, civil rights, and African re-settlement of former slaves. Arrangement within the series is chronological.
Speech of Charles Sumner: The Barbarism of Slavery, 1860 June 4
The first series comprises two folders of eighteenth century printed works on slavery, abolition, emancipation, the assassination of President Lincoln, post-war reconstruction of the Union, civil rights, and African re-settlement of former slaves. Arrangement within the series is chronological.