Box 1
Contains 74 Results:
Article "A Mother in Prison" by Mrs. M. H. Fee, 1859 February 9, 1859 April
Typescript copy of an article written by Matilda Hamilton Fee for The American Missionary describing her visit with a freed black woman who was imprisoned for attempting to free her five children and grandchildren.
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.
Manumission of John Mallory by William Lyle of Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1841
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.
The Lesson of the Hour: Justice As Well As Mercy, A Discourse Preached on the Sabbath Following the Assassination of the President, in the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. by John Chester, 1865
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. 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.