Slavery.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
1829 Slave Bill of Sale, 1829
Signed June 12, 1829; Sale of ten/eleven year old negro girl by name of Mary for sum of two hundred and forty five dollars by Robert Perrin of Garrard County, Ky, to John Moran of Madison, witnessed by Nathan M. Morgan and Franklin Moran
Address, “Constitutional Argument” (concerning slavery), 1840-1860?
Address, “Slavery, What Can We Do?”, 1840-1860?
Address, “The Position of the Churches in regard to Slavery and Our Duties as Citizens and Christians, on the subject”, 1840-1860?
Anti-Slavery Sources
Bill of sale of "one Negro woman Uny by name also her child Henry" to Beverly Daniel of Clark County, Kentucky, and a bill of sale of "one gray mare and one sorrel horse" to Jefferson Daniel, 1825 January 15-18
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.
Breckinridge, John C. Speech of Hon. John C. Breckinridge: At Ashland, Kentucky, September 5, 1860. Revised and Corrected. Repelling the Charge of Disunion and Vindicating the National Democracy, 1860
Broadside announcing a $50 reward for George and Clem, 1861 January 2
Broadside advertising a reward for "Two Negro Men named George and Clem" who "ran awy from the subscriber, on Tuesday, the 29th, ult." The subscriber was Samuel Phillips of Laurel, Delaware. Ink inscription in the lower left corner: "Presented by F. H. Dart."
Elder, William. Emancipation: its conditions and policy, a lecture, 1856
Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.
Lincoln, Abraham. Opinions on 'Slavery,' and 'Reconstruction of the Union,' As Expressed by President Lincoln. New York: Printed for the Union Congressional Committee by John A. Gray and Green, 1864
Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.