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Slavery -- Controversial literature.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-Slavery Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4
Identifier: BCA 0168 HC 03
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.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1769-1916; Other: Majority of material found within 1800-1880

The Anti-Slavery Bugle No. 9: The Branded Hand by John G. Whittier. Also, Lines by James Russell Lowell on reading of the capture of certain fugitive slaves near Washington, 1845-1861

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1845-1861