Abolitionists

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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.

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Collection of materials by and about Cassius M. Clay.

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official and personal papers of Berea College's first president, Edward Henry Fairchild.

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Papers and family records of John G. Fee.

Scope and Contents

Pages 17-18 featuring a 2-page article, "The Abolitionists In Reunion," written by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of autographed letters and documents signed by persons of literary, political, or historical note.

Abstract William Goodell, a native of New York, was a prominent 19th century abolitionist and temperance reformer.  He either edited or published such reform-minded publications as the Investigator and General Intelligencer, Friend of Man, Christian Investigator, and Principia.  Although never ordained, he founded a church in Honeoye, New York, in 1842, based on the principles of...

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The William Goodell Family Papers (Part 2) consist of correspondence of numerous Goodell family members (both between each other and family friends and associates); writings, documents, and photographs of Goodell family members; documents, writings and printed materials of abolitionists; and correspondence, papers, and materials specific to members of the family of William Goodell Frost.