Resolutions against 1838 Gag Law
resolutions agreed upon during a January 25, 1838, Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society meeting criticizing the Congressional Gag Law and slaveholding in general.
View ArticleMoney Circular, American Socy.
Undated and unsigned printed circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society for distribution among auxiliary societies, outlining plans of operation including distibution of material, collection of...
View ArticleBoston, April 1840
Notice from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society that they will be sending delegates, William Lloyd Garrison and others, to the General Anti-Slavery Conference in London. Addressed to J. H. Tredgold...
View ArticleAnti-Slavery Circular by E. G. Loring, Feb. 1835
Circular letter from the New England Anti-Slavery Society announcing the appointment of Rev. Samuel J. May to General Agent and soliciting funds to pay for his yearly salary.
View ArticleTreasurers Report
Treasurer's report for 1845 sumbitted by Francis Jackson to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
View Article[Notification for appointment to attend the 6th Anniversary of the American...
Letter from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison, with no addressee, notifying of appointment to serve as a delegate for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the 6th Anniversary celebration...
View ArticleInvitation to National Convention 1839
Printed invitation from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison to represent the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the National Convention of Abolitionists in Albany, N.Y.
View ArticleCharles Sumner's The anti-slavery enterprise, 1855
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855,...
View ArticleJames F. Brown Papers, 1827-1866
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he...
View ArticleTrade Book of the Sloop Rhode Island, Dec. 1748-July 1749
Account book, 1748 Dec.-1749 Jul., kept aboard the sloop Rhode Island while on a voyage to Africa to procure slaves for her owners, Philip Livingston and sons, New York City. Peter James was...
View ArticleJoseph Goodwin Diary, 1820-1827
Joseph Goodwin was a plantation manager in Cuba originally from Hudson, N.Y. This diary was presumably kept by Goodwin, although it may have been kept by his brother. After leaving home in Hudson,...
View ArticleBolton, Dickens & Co. Account Book, 1856-1858
Account book, 1856-1858, kept by the prominent slave trading firm of Bolton, Dickens & Co. of Lexington, Kentucky, with branches in Memphis, Charleston, Natchez, and New Orleans. It chiefly records...
View ArticleTown Book for Castletown For the Entry of Black Children, 1799-1827
Birth records and deeds of manumission for African American children in the town of Castleton, Staten Island, N.Y. between 1799 and 1827.
View ArticleJournal of a voyage among the West India Islands,1839 Nov. 11-1840 Apr. 20.
Mahlon Day (1790-1854) was a Quaker, publisher of children's books, printer, and bookseller in New York City. This is a contemporary copy of a diary kept by Day while on a tour of the West Indies (Nov....
View ArticleJohn Clarkson Manuscripts, August 6, 1791-August 4, 1792
John Clarkson (1764-1828) was an English abolitionist, agent for the Sierra Leone Company, and lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. The collection consists of Clarkson's manuscripts, written in...
View ArticleNew-York African Free School records, 1817-1832
These records cover the latter portion of the African Free-Schools' existence, ending two years before oversight for the schools was transferred to the Public School Society. They relate to classroom...
View ArticleNew-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves...
View ArticleRecords of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general...
View ArticleRecords of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general...
View ArticleGranville Sharp Collection, 1768-1803 (bulk 1768-1773)
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related...
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