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Slavery and Abolition


Title Date From Archive Folder Document Type
$100.00 reward! 12 February 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Broadside
$2,500 Reward! Mississippi Co., Missouri broadside advertising runaway slaves 23 August 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Broadside
$200 Reward! [for a runaway slave] 9 May 1860 Slavery archive: Duley Family Papers Broadside
178 Sugar and Cotton Plantation Slaves!... [Slave sale catalogue from Waverly and Meredith plantations] 13 March 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Business and financial document
18 Civil War dispatches, extracts, and general orders issued by U.S. Navy November 1861-June 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates Military document
1806 State of the Union Address 9 December 1806 Documents Relating to 1806 Government document
50th Annual Report of the American Colonization Society 1867 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
A. A. Galpin to John D. Moore about his expedition to Santa Fe and plans in case he does not return 16 June 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Correspondence; Military document
A. B. Cummings to William McBlair regarding two drunk crewmen on board the "Dale" 1 June 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
Aaron Burr to a client about recovering a slave 25 October 1815 Documents Relating to 1815 Correspondence; Legal document
Aaron D. Stevens to Anne Brown Adams discussing his upcoming execution and looking forward to meeting old friends in "the other world" 1 March 1860 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to Anne Brown Adams discussing his upcoming trial and execution, and recalling the deaths of John Brown and other Harpers Ferry raiders 5 January 1860 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to Anne Brown Adams explaining that he is looking forward to the next life [Fragment] 17 January 1860 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry concerning voting on the Lecompton Constitution 3 October 1857 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry justifying violence in the cause of abolition 2 August 1858 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry on injuries at Harper's Ferry, life in jail and spiritual beliefs 30 January 1860 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry on the prospect of facing death 23 February 1860 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry regarding tensions over slavery in Kansas 28 August 1856 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry with a farewell message shortly before his execution 13 March 1860 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his father on the fight against slavery 29 September 1857 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his sister discussing his trial and offering spiritual encouragement 18 January 1860 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his sister on arguments over slavery and abolition in Kansas 29 April 1857 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his sister on his dedication to the cause of freedom 8 April 1858 Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters Correspondence
Abigail Adams to Hannah Cushing on the death of her nephew on the U.S.S. Constitution ca. 17 February 1812-1813 Documents Relating to 1812 Non-governmental organization document
Abigail K. Foster to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson on abolition and women's suffrage 9 March 1881 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Abolition documents. Number one. Principles and measures. 28 June 1855 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
The abolition of slavery: the right of the government under the war power. 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Pamphlet
The Abolitionist 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Newspapers and Magazines
Abolitionist broadside 1 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Broadside
An Abolitionist Traitor 29 August 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond, April 3, 1865 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Artwork
Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Artwork
Abraham Lincoln speech delivered July 17, 1858 ca. 17 July 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet
Abraham Lincoln to [B. Clarke Lundy] re: publication of his speech on Dred Scott and Utah 20 July 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. Butler regarding "free black labor" in occupied Louisiana 6 November 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Charles C. Nott re: publishing Cooper Institute address (for 1860 election) 31 May 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to E. Malhiot on delaying vote in Louisiana until slavery is abolished 19 June 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton regarding transport to return black colonists from Haiti 1 February 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed asking Speed to help Lyman Guinnip in Louisville 17 March 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House... 1791 Documents Relating to 1791 Pamphlet
Abstract of incidental expenses in the Freedmen's Department, District of Memphis January 1865 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Abstract of monies received in the Freedmen's Department during December for the Memphis District December 1864 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Abstract of receipts from various sources on account of City Colored Schools 30 June 1865 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Abstract of the returns of the fifth census, showing the number of free people, the number of slaves... 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Government document; Pamphlet
Account between the estate of Horatio Wills and John Winn ca. 1826 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Account between the estate of Horatio Wills and John Winn 30 June 1827 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Account between John Winn and J. M. Wills 15 May 1823 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Account between John Winn and J. N. Wills ca. 1820 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Account Book 1854-1856 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Account figures for the hiring of slaves ca. 1822 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Account of the estate of J. Wills ca. 1826 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians 24 May 1690 The Livingston Family Papers [016] 1690 Business and financial document
An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians 24 May 1690 The Livingston Family Papers [016] 1690 Business and financial document
Account of Mr. Hart Gibson 2 February 1858 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Business and financial document
Account of payment made by Flucker to Samuel Dyer 31 May 1774 The Henry Knox Papers [0009] May-June 1774 Business and financial document
Account of Robert Livingston 15 May 1790 The Livingston Family Papers [094] January-September 1790 Business and financial document
Account of sales and hiring negroes of Mildred Bradshaws estate, by J Winn for G Winn 17 October 1828 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Account of sales of the personal estate of Thomas Winn 6 December 1824 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Account of slave rebellion in New Orleans [in Spanish] 24 February 1777 Documents Relating to 1777 Correspondence
Account sheet regarding fees required as Court Clerk 26 January 1703 The Livingston Family Papers [030] 1703 Business and financial document
Accounts of John Winn, including rental of slaves ca. 1820 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Acknowledging receipt of presidential pardon [for Nathan B. Forrest]. 6 August 1868 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
An Act concerning the introduction of Negroes & Mulattoes into this Territory 17 September 1807 Documents Relating to 1807 Legal document
An act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the African slave trade 11 April 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Pamphlet; Government document
An Act in addition to "an act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from an after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight," and to repeal certain parts of the same 20 April 1818 Documents Relating to 1818 Government document
Act of a French society concerning the slave trade [In French] 1748-1750 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Non-governmental organization document
An act of Parliament effecting a treaty between Great Britain and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the slave trade 11 April 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Pamphlet; Government document
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17th, 1864. 22 November 1864 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
Act to carry into effect an additional article to..[a previous] treaty 29 June 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Act to carry into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade 17 July 1862 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270 30 August 1861 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
An Act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270. 30 August 1861 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or Harbored by the Enemy, and other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them 30 August 1861 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
An act to secure freedom to all persons within the Territories June 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Government document
Address before the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and the vicinity in the south meeting-house, in Salem, February 24, 1834 24 February 1834 Documents Relating to 1834 Pamphlet
An Address Delivered by Hon. William D. Kelley at Girard Avenue, Above Eleventh St. on October 3rd, 1856 1856 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the negroes of the British West Indies 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Pamphlet
Address of Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, before the Hamilton Club, Chicago 31 January 1896 Documents Relating to the 1890s Miscellany
The address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln [Cooper Institute address] 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery 4 March 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the sentence of death, for his heroic attempt at Harper's Ferry, to give deliverance to the captives, and to let the oppressed go free December 1859 Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality Broadside
The Address of the People of South Carolina, assembled in convention, to the people of the slave states of the United States 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
Address of the Starksborough and Lincoln anti-slavery society to the public 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Pamphlet
Address of the yearly meeting of Friends, to Thomas Jefferson and his reply 13 November 1807 Documents relating to 1807 Broadside
The Address of... delivered at Cooper Institute [ed. by C.C. Nott & C. Brainerd] 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Address reported by Gerrit Smith to the Jerry Rescue Convention, held in Syracuse October 1, 1857 1 October 1857 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
Address to Abraham Lincoln regarding Freedman's Aid 1 December 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Address to the free colored people of the United States 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Pamphlet
An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina 1805 Documents Relating to 1805 Pamphlet
An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina [anti-slavery] 1805 Documents Relating to 1805 Pamphlet
An Address to the People of the Free States by the President of the Southern Confederacy. [a contemporary fake] 5 January 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Broadside
Address to the People of the United States, by the General Anti-Slavery Convention, of nearly 4,000 People, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 1845 June 1845 Documents Relating to 1845 Broadside; Non-governmental organization document
Address to soldiers before anticipated Union assault on Corinth 2 May 1862 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
An address, delivered December 22, 1837, in the village of Lockport, N.Y. commemorative of the martyrdom of Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, who was killed by the mob... 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Pamphlet
Addresses delivered before the Virginia State Convention 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Pamphlet
Adiel Sherwood to Absalom Janes with various pieces of news, including the story of a runaway slave 25 February 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Correspondence
Adjutant General's Office General Orders No. 1 2 January 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Administracion general de rentas reales maritimas [In Spanish] 27 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] 27 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Administracion General De Rentas Reales Marítimas [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] 27 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] 27 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] 27 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Advertisement for antislavery lecture 16 February 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Broadside
Advertisement for the book Life at the South 1 July 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Broadside
Advertisement for clothing for slaves from New Orleans, Louisiana August 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Business and financial document
Advertisement for land in Rockingham county n.d. Collection of Woodson Johnson Land transaction document; Business and financial document
Advertisement of personal property, including slaves, for the estate of Thomas Winn 22 November 1824 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Affadavit regarding the imprisonment of Jeremiah Sullivan and two other sailors on the African coast 4 February 1858 William McBlair collection Legal document; Military document
Affidavit by William Ellery 10 February 1816 Documents Relating to 1816 Legal document
Affidavit of sales agreement for a slave named Hannibal in St. Croix 4 April 1787 Documents Relating to 1787 Legal document
Africa and the American Flag. By Commander Andrew H. Foote. U.S. Navy, Lieutenant commanding U.S. Brig. Perry on the Coast of Africa, A.D. 1850-1851 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Book
The African's right to citizenship. 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Africans taken in the Amistad: congressional document, containing the correspondence, & c., in relation to the captured Africans 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Pamphlet
Afro-American Monument 1897 Documents Relating to the 1890s Artwork
Agreement for sale of five slaves 24 August 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Business and financial document
Agreement of registry 22 May 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Military document
Agreement to be the carpenter and clerk at the forges at Maryburgh 26 February 1774 The Livingston Family Papers [082] 1774-1775 Business and financial document; Legal document
Alabama woman writes to her cousin in Michiga 22 August 1871 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
Albert Pike to John Ross re: requesting necessary papers to capture fugitive slave 20 March 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Albert Smith to Franklin Pierce discussing the possibility of appointing Watson Freeman as U.S. Marshall 3 December 1852 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Correspondence
Albert to Sister Sophia 21 December 1861 Letters from a Union soldier called Albert Correspondence
Album of 200 cartes de visite, most by Brady, including images of Lincoln, generals and freed slaves ca.1865 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
Alexander Ball to Tobias Lear thanking him for protecting British interests 30 September 1806 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Alexander Hamilton Stephens to Thomas W. Thomas discussing the Kansas Nebraska Act 27 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Alexander James Dallas to Alexander James Dallas, Jr., on the arrest of a slave trading ship's captain 28 October 1810 Documents Relating to 1810 Correspondence
Alfred Gibson to Tobias Gibson regarding a ruined cotton crop 18 May 1857 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Alfred Reed to Woody Johnson n.d. Collection of Woodson Johnson Correspondence
Allegorical verses on slavery ca. 1850-1860 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Miscellany
Amelia Alderson Opie to Thomas Pringle 31 August 1828 Documents Relating to 1828 Correspondence
Amendment for an act authorizing the employment of free African Americans 17 February 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
Amendment to the negro soldier bill 14 February 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Government document; Military document
Amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill 14 February 1865 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
Amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill 14 February 1865 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and so to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country 12 December 1864 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defenses [sic] of the country. 12 December 1864 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
Amendment to senate bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defences of the country ca. 15 December 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
Amendments of the Constitution, submitted to the consideration of the American people. 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States. ca. 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Pamphlet
The American anti-slavery almanac, for 1839 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Pamphlet
The American Anti-Slavery Society 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Non-governmental organization document
American Colonization Society circular proposing steamship line between the United States and Africa 31 May 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Non-governmental organization document
American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank ca. 1 December 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Non-governmental organization document
The American Difficulty 11 May 1861 Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Artwork
The American Museum, volume 6 1789 Documents Relating to 1789 Book
American negro slavery: a survey of the supply, employment and control of negro labor as determined by the plantation regime 1918 Documents Relating to the 1910s Book
American slavery as it is: testimony of a thousand witnesses 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Book
Amite Dodge to Tobias Lear regarding rumors of a covert deal for gun powder 9 June 1802 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Amos Dresser to Hiram Wilson about two slaves on route to Canada on the underground railroad 24 July 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Correspondence
Amos Lewis to Seth Lewis discussing the Civil War, his family and health and the Emancipation Proclamation 16 January 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates 4 February 1926 Documents Relating to the 1920s Government document
Ananias Cooper to Robert Livingston re: prescription for Robert's slave, Jack 30 June 1783 The Livingston Family Papers [087] 1783 Correspondence
Andrew Alfred Dexter to Simon Newton Dexter on a planting business 24 March 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Hardy Murfree Cryer regarding a runaway slave 12 July 1823 Documents Relating to 1823 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to John C. Calhoun regarding slavery 27 April 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to L. Jones cancelling a slave purchase 25 March 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence; Business and financial document
Andrew Jackson to Maunsel White about cotton, crops, friends and relations with Britain 1 January 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Mr. Peal regarding the sale and delivery of slaves to his plantation 30 January 1819 Documents Relating to 1819 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to R.W. Latham discussing a general purchase of slaves 28 December 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Thomas J. Donelson regarding the duties of the latter 21 March 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Tilghman Ashurst Howard about various matters 28 August 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to unknown regarding the movements of some former slaves 25 January 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to William B. Lewis on the nullification crisis 28 August 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to William Russell desiring the annexation of Texas and other political matters 8 July 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence
Andrew Johnson to Alfred O. Nicholson regarding the concept of popular sovereignty 18 January 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Correspondence
Andrew Johnson to D. J. Patterson discussing appointments, politicians and the Democratic party 23 January 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Correspondence
Andrew T. Judson to William S. Holabird suggesting a previous case that might offer precedent for the Amistad one 10 November 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
Ann L. Higgins to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding the health of Tobias' wife 19 November 1850 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Ann S. Abear to Mr and Mrs Worcester 28 August 1863 Collection of John H. Worcester, H company, 7th regiment, New Hampshire, Infantry Correspondence
Ann W. Ancell to John Winn regarding the ownership of a slave 20 February 1836 Middlesex County Virginia documents Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams asking Alexander M. Ross to denounce Richard W. Howard, who claimed to have been with John Brown at Harper's Ferry 19 February 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about the failing health of her sister, Ruth Brown Thompson and brother-in-law, Henry Thompson 2 May 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about her family and the possibility of writing articles about her father 24 June 1894 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about her father's supporter, George L. Stearns, and his family 26 August 1888 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about her financial struggles and possible plans to write articles about her father for money 7 December 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about her hope that his health improves 2 December 1896 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about her objections to a wax sculpture that is being made of her father for an exhibition [Fragment] ca. 1893 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about newspaper articles and people's opinions of her father, John Brown 28 December 1887 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about the pain of reading Richard Hinton's book, "John Brown and His Men," and her attempts to pay off debts 9 November 1894 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about sending her recollections of Kennedy Farm and mentioning on her opposition to vaccinations 2 April 1889 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about the unkindness of Mary Stearns and the misspending of funds raised to support the Brown family 10 January 1894 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross apologizing for not accepting his scholarship and regretting that she cannot give her children a better education 22 August 1891 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross asking after Osborne P. Anderson, a free black man who was with her father at Harper's Ferry 15 January 1882 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross complaining about heavy rain 6 March 1890 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross defending her father, John Brown, against accusations that he misused donations [Incomplete] ca. 1894 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing bad weather, vaccinations and the evil of most human beings 29 June 1890 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing the election of Benjamin Harrison and her mistrust of Democrats and temperance associations 2 December 1888 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing enquiries about her father and her disappointment with Franklin Sanborn 7 January 1893 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing events at Kennedy Farm before the raid at Harpers Ferry [Fragment] n. d. Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing Frederick Douglas' and Franklin Sanborn's writings about John Brown 31 July 1887 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing her faith, smallpox outbreaks and women's rights in California 1 July 1888 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing her family and wondering about God's plan 28 April 1897 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing her sadness that attempts to have his writings about John Brown published in a newspaper have failed 2 January 1887 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing her views on inoculation 3 August 1885 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing local plant life, her obligations as a mother, and his friendship with her father 25 February 1882 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing Louisa May Alcott, the Alcott family and the feeding of sick patients 19 October 1887 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing the nature of good and evil, and commenting on inequality [Fragment] n.d. Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing the slaves who he helped escape, her attempts to have his writings published and the hardships of motherhood 16 January 1886 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross discussing winter weather and the poor health of her sister, Ruth Brown Thompson 15 January 1890 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross rebutting magazine claims that her father's plans were conceived in Kansas 15 May 1888 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross sending copies of documents he might find interesting and reporting on her sister's health 9 August 1893 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross sending a letter from Franklin Sanborn to enquire about "Dr. McLain" 16 January 1897 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross suggesting he contact newspapers to help his plans for the black community 21 October 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross thanking him for his friendship and the books he has sent 22 February 1880 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross thanking him for his help and discussing her finances 15 November 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross thanking him for his offer of a scholarship for her daughter and explaining her plans to send biographies of more of the Harpers Ferry raiders 11 September 1890 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross thanking him for his writings about her father 13 April 1879 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross thanking him for offering to help her daughters attend college, but noting that Bertha is too sick 8 December 1890 - 25 December 1890 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross wondering whether her children should participate in the "John Brown's Fort" attraction at the Chicago World's Fair 13 September 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross wondering whether rumours of her brother's death are true and commenting on an attempt to write for Cosmopolitan Magazine 12 May 1895 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Anne Brown Adams to Garibaldi Ross giving biographies of the men involved in the raid on Harpers Ferry and discussing her role at Kennedy Farm before the raid 15 December 1887 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Announcement of amendment to law on slave trials for capital crimes 15 November 1768 Documents Relating to 1765-1774 Government document; Legal document
Announcement of a reward for a runaway "negro man servant" named Peter 20 September 1781 Documents Relating to 1781 Business and financial document
Announcing pro-slavery meeting 20 July 1830 Items related to the Murphy family of Missouri Non-governmental organization document
Anson Jones to N. P. Norton regarding a bill to move the capitol of Texas 21 January 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence
Anthony Wayne to William Gibbons, Jr. with instructions on the management of his plantation 22 September 1784 Documents Relating to 1784 Correspondence
Anti-Fugitive Slave Law Meeting. At a large meeting of persons from various parts of the State of New York, held in the City of Syracuse... 9 January 1851 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
Anti-fugitive slave law meeting: at a large meeting of persons from various parts of the state of New York, held in the City of Syracuse January 9th 1851... 9 January 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
The Anti-Slavery Record, Volume 1, Number 11 November 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Pamphlet
The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 1, no. 7. July 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 2, no. 17. May 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society resolution approving of the principles and practice of Gerrit Smith ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 1 ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 2 ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 3 ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 4 ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 6 ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 9 ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
"Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder ca. 1882 Documents Relating to the 1880s Object
Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regarding the condition of freed slaves 6 November 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Broadside
An Appeal in the Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Book
Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress, to the people of the United States. Shall slavery be permitted in Nebraska? 19 January 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Appeal to the Christian women of the south 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Pamphlet
An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers ca. 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Pamphlet
An appeal to the people of Massachusetts, on the Texas question 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Pamphlet
Appointment of Cephas Brainerd, interim arbitrator (c/s Seward) 6 September 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Government document
Appointment of commissioner Elijah Brigham [c/s Pickering] 29 August 1798 Documents Relating to 1798 Government document
Appointment of commissioners for Augusta County, Virginia 1 January 1784 Documents Relating to 1784 Government document
Appointment of George L. Stearns, Samuel Cabot Jr. and William H. Russell as trustees 14 April 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Business and financial document; Legal document
Appointment of Gibson's aide-de-camp to serve as agent in matters pertaining to slaves 19 February 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Military document
Appointment of Samuel C. Crafts as Commissioner for fifth division of Vermont 7 March 1799 Documents Relating to 1799 Government document
Appraisement of negros n.d. Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Appraisement of negros n.d. Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Argument of John Quincy Adams, before the Supreme Court of the United States : in the case of the United States, appellants, vs. Cinque, and others... 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Pamphlet
The argument of Roger S. Baldwin, of New Haven, before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and others, Africans of the Amistad 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Pamphlet
Argument of Wendell Phillips, Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations, (of the Massachusetts Legislature,) ... 20 February 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Pamphlet
Arrest Warrant for Cally a slave 9 April 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Arrest warrant for the slave Samuel for his role in the Easter Plot 19 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Arthur Middleton to Lyman Hall asking him to resolve a debate over ownership of a slave 1 March 1783 Documents Relating to 1783 Correspondence
Articles of Treaty between General Marion in behalf of the State of So. Carolina and Major Gainey & the Inhabitants under his Command which were Included in the Treaty made under the 17th day of June 1781 8 June 1782 Documents Relating to 1782 Government document; Military document
Asa W. Slayton to citizens of Michigan, urging them to petition the government to end slavery as its continued allowance is hurting the Union cause August 1862 Collection of Chester M. Slayton Correspondence
Ashur Shephard to Robert Livingston re: request for payment 8 May 1782 The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 Correspondence
The Assiento...for allowing to...Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes 1713 Collection of important printed treaties Pamphlet; Government document
Astounding Disclosures! 18 August 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Broadside
At the meeting of the "Church of Peterboro," held July 7th, 1849, the following Resolutions were passed, without a dissenting voice... 7 July 1849 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
At a meeting of the Corporation of Harvard College 12 October 1781 The Henry Knox Papers [0034] October 1781 Correspondence
The Atlas. [Vol. 6, no. 164 (January 11, 1838)] 11 January 1838 Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality Newspapers and Magazines
Atticus Slaughter to Tobias Gibson regarding his wife and plantation business 15 August 1858 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Mr. Kennard discussing his upcoming visit to Boston, Massachusetts July 1892 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 Correspondence
Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Mr. Kennard discussing the inscription on a monument honoring Robert Gould Shaw with Kennard July 1892 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 Correspondence
Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Mr. Kennard discussing an inscription with Kennard 15 July 1892 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 Correspondence
Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and others 1915 Documents Relating to the 1910s Book
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding African Americans 5 May 1826 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding her first few days in Washington, Georgia 31 May 1821 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding her trip from New York to Savannah, Georgia 22 May 1821 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding a voyage 1-2 May 1821 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to James W. Hale regarding their brother's death 9 September 1826 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding family matters 19 April 1823 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding life in Georgia 11 June 1821 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding a Reverend Mr. Webster 20 August 1823 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding the school she teaches at 4 June 1823 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding their family 3 August 1822 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding their mother's health and Sarah's education 19 October 1821 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding various matters, including marriage 4 December 1821 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale discussing the concept of death and the recent passing of their mother 25 June 1826 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale expressing feelings of sadness and loneliness 6 March 1830 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding the death of her daughter 18-24 November 1832 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding health matters 25 July 1824 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her educational work 19 August 1825 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her move to Mount Meigs, Alabama 19 September 1829 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her sister's upcoming visit to Mount Meigs 10 October 1830 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her trip from Washington to White Hall, Georgia 18 September 1823 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her upcoming visit to Mount Meigs 11 August 1830 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding marriage 27 May 1828 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a planned visit to the north 4 March 1833 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding Sarah's upcoming visit to Mount Meigs 25 July 1830 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding several matters, including a delirious cousin 8 February 1833 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding slaves 2-16 September 1832 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a storm 29 June 1832 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a storm and subsequent damage to her property 22 May 1832 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding their mother's death 26 April 1826 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding their mother's gravestone 23 January 1827 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding the weather and its impact on a cotton crop 26-30 August 1832 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) cancelling her plans to go up north 4 May 1835 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the loss of two more children 28 January 1837 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding a planned trip to go up north and Sarah's recent wedding 1 September 1833 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding a planned visit to go up north and the activities of her slaves 29 January 1835 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her job as a teacher 23 December 1823 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her mother's ill health 10 April 1826 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her social engagements in Georgia and her upcoming work as a teacher 11 June 1821 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding the school she teaches at 29 December 1822 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Aurelia to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the disappearance of two slaves 5 June 1836 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Authentic and impartial narrative of the tragical scene which was witnessed in Southampton County (Virginia) on Monday the 22d of August last, when fifty-five of its inhabitants (mostly women and children) were inhumanly massacred by the blacks! 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Book
Authentic speeches of S.P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, during his visit to Ohio, with his speeches at Indianapolis, and at the mass meeting in Baltimore, October, 1863 1863 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Authority to affix seal to additional article to slave trade treaty with Britain 5 March 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade 4 April 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Government document
B. Krepp to Nathaniel Wordin describing the area where he lives in Mississippi 27 April 1835 Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr Correspondence
B.S. Schneck to George Besore requesting money to send a slave family to Africa 29 January 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Correspondence
Bamma to Nancy ca. 1940 Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s Correspondence
The Baptist Church of Christ at Morgans Creek meeting house Rockingham County newsletter 25 June 1853 Collection of Woodson Johnson Non-governmental organization document
Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state 4 June 1860 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Pamphlet; Government document
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state. 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state. In the United State Senate, June 4, 1860. 4 June 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
The Barbarities of the Rebels... 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Book
Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887): Cabinet card photograph by Sarony ca. 1875 Documents Relating to the 1870s Photograph
Behind the scenes.' By Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, yet more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln 1868 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
Benjamin F. Butler to F. A. Angell discussing suffrage for African Americans 11 July 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Benjamin F. Franklin to William Martin Dickson, discussing the creation of a separate state for former slaves 15 August 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Huntington regarding the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery 12 January 1788 Documents Relating to 1788 Correspondence
Benjamin J. Totten to William McBlair ordering him to receive two prisoners, and to exchange drummer boys 25 March 1859 William McBlair collection Military document
Benjamin J. Totten to William McBlair regarding the sentences of Thomas Connor and Frederick Breckendorf 25 March 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Benjamin Lundy to Elizur Wright regarding the establishment of an anti-slavery society in Pennsylvania 7 November 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document
Benjamin Lundy to Samuel Lewis describing a trip to Mexico petitioning for land 2 August 1832 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
Benjamin Rush to Mr. Fitssimons about a funding act 19 February 1790 Documents Relating to 1790 Correspondence
Bill for Harvey and Johnson 17 November 1865 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Bill for sale of eight slaves 26 April 1856 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Business and financial document
Bill of Cost ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Bill of exchange related to captured slaves in Sierra Leone 1 April 1817 Documents Relating to 1817 Business and financial document
Bill of sale and receipt for $45, slave Samuel in Saddle River, New Jersey August 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Business and financial document
Bill of sale for 47 black slaves to Michael Deloach 1780 Documents Relating to 1780 Business and financial document
Bill of sale for a female slave named America and her child 18 September 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Business and financial document
Bill of sale for two slaves 22 March 1810 Documents Relating to 1810 Business and financial document
Bill of sale for two slaves sold to Rieneer Van Giesen 29 November 1760 Documents Relating to 1754-1764 Business and financial document
Bill of sale of slaves, livestock, and other goods to Robert Livingston 21 November 1782 The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 Business and financial document
Bill of sale to Andrew Johnson for a slave girl named Dolly 2 January 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Business and financial document
A bill to be entitled an act to increase and strengthen the army of the Confederate States. 22 January 1863 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
A bill to be entitled an act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities 5 January 1864 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
A Bill to be entitled an act to increase the military force of the Confederate States 10 February 1865 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
A bill to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, and to repeal an act for the enlistment of cooks 6 May 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
A bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and the defences of the country 15 December 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
A Bill, to amend the act, entitled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters" 25 February 1801 Documents Relating to 1801 Broadside
Bills of sale for negro 12 August 1844 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Business and financial document
Biographical record of Andrew T. Judson n.d. Biographical notes on Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Americans Miscellany
Bishop of Landoff to Catharine Macaulay 9 November 1783 Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay Correspondence
The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Government document; Legal document
Black republican and office-holder's journal. [No. 4 (September 1865)] September 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Newspapers and Magazines
Black Republican Prayer ca. 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Broadside
Blank Confederate Slave impressment receipt April 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Blank negro passport 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Legal document
Blank printed bill of sale for slaves from Jefferson's estate, for T.J. Randolph ca. 1826 Documents Relating to 1826 Business and financial document
The border ruffian code in Kansas 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
The border ruffian code in Kansas 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Boston Courier report of the Union Meeting in Faneuil Hall 8 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet; Newspapers and Magazines
Boston Gazette and Country Journal No. 1090 8 April 1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Newspapers and Magazines
Boston Gazette and Country Journal. [No. 1235 (April 27, 1778)] 27 April 1778 Documents Relating to 1778 Newspapers and Magazines
Bound collection of 45 Congressional speeches of various people 1840-1841 Documents Relating to 1840 Book; Government document
Brief autobiographical sketch: "A slave in 1837. Free man 1838..." ca. 1889 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Brief from the Circuit Court regarding the Amistad case April-June 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Brigham Young to Thomas L. Kane on a legal case, slavery, a railroad and native Americans 29 June 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Britannia Sympathises with Columbia 6 May 1865 Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Artwork
Broadside advertising the play "Slave life! or, Uncle Tom's cabin" 1852 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Broadside
Broadside advertising Uncle Tom's cabin at the National Theatre, New York 1853 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Broadside
Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Broadside
Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Broadside
Brown hung December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Broadside
Brownlow's Knoxville whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 27 (July 9, 1864)] 9 July 1864 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Buchanan and Breckinridge. The Democratic hand-book, compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. … 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill complaining about the number of African Americans in the South and suggesting that they should be killed to prevent them from moving North after the war 24 November 1862 Collection of Byron E. Churchill Correspondence
Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill discussing recruitment, Confederate prisoners and the sympathies that some generals seem to hold for slave owners 14 August 1862 Collection of Byron E. Churchill Correspondence
Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill discussing an upcoming draft and his disagreement with the policy of arming African Americans, who he wishes would die instead of white soldiers 27 November 1862 Collection of Byron E. Churchill Correspondence
c. (Senate bill, no. 109.) . . . An act to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17th, 1864 22 November 1864 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
Cabinet card of Harriet Beecher Stowe ca. 1880 Documents Relating to the 1880s Photograph
Cabinet photograph of Cassius Clay ca. 1873 Documents Relating to the 1870s Photograph
Caleb Stanly to Robert Livingston re: runaway servant 30 June 1692 The Livingston Family Papers [018] 1692 Correspondence
California, union, and freedom. Speech of William H. Seward, on the admission of California. 11 March 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Calvin E. Stowe to Anson Rood discussing the controversy surrounding his representation in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 14 December 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
Calvin Smith to Jedediah Smith regarding the Mississippi territory, family matters and agriculture 11 December 1801 Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr Correspondence
Campaign Democrat Extra. No. 2: On Kansas Affairs 18 December 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Broadside
Campaign ribbon on silk: "Old buck is coming" 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Object
Carrier's Address To the Patrons of the Boonsboro Odd Fellow 2 January 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Carte de visite bust portrait of Thaddeus Stevens ca. 1861 Cartes de visite of Civil War era Northern statesmen and others Photograph
Carte de visite from an engraving of Ambrose Burnside n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite inscribed to Mary R. Smith from Gerrit Smith, by Brady 5 September 1862 Documents Relating to the 1860s Photograph
Carte de visite of B.F. Butler n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of Charles Sumner n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of George W. Curtis n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of Horace Greeley n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of an unidentified man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of an unidentified woman n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of an unidentified woman n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite of Wendell Phillips n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of Charles Sumner ca. 1861 Cartes de visite of Civil War era members of the U.S. Senate Photograph
Carte de viste of John Brown taken by James M. Holmes Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Photograph
Carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth 1864 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
Cass and Taylor on the slavery question 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet
Cassius Marcellus Clay to Frank W. Ballard discussing the possibility of New Mexico entering the Union as a free or slave state, and the Compromise of 1850 5 February 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Cassius Marcellus Clay to unknown discussing his run for Governor as an antislavery candidate in 1851 23 August 1851 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
Catalogue of the library of the late David Porter Harmon 7 February 1882 Documents Relating to the 1880s Pamphlet
Cave Johnson to P. G. Washington regarding the ownership an unspecified paper and slavery 6 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Certificate by Mary Dougherty, certifying that she wants her son to be apprenticed 7 November 1818 Documents Relating to 1818 Business and financial document
Certificate of amnesty for Emmanuel Lebreton Deschapelles 24 June 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Legal document
Certificate of emancipation for Priscilla a negro woman 20 January 1810 Middlesex County Virginia documents Government document
Certificate of freedom for Peter, a free Negro 1 December 1786 Documents Relating to 1786 Legal document
Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night 6 October 1795 Documents Relating to 1795 Legal document
Certification of Aurelia Hale's service at the academy 26 December 1826 Aurelia Hale letters Miscellany
Certifies Cuffee Wells's purchase of freedom 30 April 1781 Documents Relating to 1781 Legal document
Certifying copy of New York resolution ratifying Fourteenth amendment 11 January 1867 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Charge Of Mr. Justice Wayne of the Supreme Court of the United States, given on the fourteenth day of November, 1859, to the grand jury of the sixth circuit court of the United States, for the southern district of Georgia 14 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Charles Anthony to Albert Whitton regarding the murder of a slave by an overseer 18 February 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence
Charles B. Stearns to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting 20 March 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Correspondence
Charles C. Morey to his parents regarding family health, citizen guerrillas and John Brown and treason 20 August 1864 Collection of Charles C. Morey, E company, 2nd regiment, Vermont, infantry Correspondence
Charles Carroll to William Gibbons regarding the sale of 1455 barrels of flour to a nearby factory 11 May 1822 Documents Relating to 1822 Correspondence; Business and financial document
Charles Coit to his family, noting that 56 of the 100 recruits have arrived 10 August 1864 Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry Correspondence
Charles E. Hawley to William McBlair requesting a medical survey 2 May 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about a plantation that has been abandoned and the slaves left behind 20 June 1862 Charles E. Walbridge Collection Correspondence
Charles E. Walbridge to his mother discussing his plans to educate his "boy" 2 January 1864 Charles E. Walbridge Collection Correspondence
Charles E. Walbridge to his mother requesting clothing and describing a visit to a local plantation 12 July 1862 Charles E. Walbridge Collection Correspondence
Charles F. Suttle to James Buchanan regarding the support for Watson Freeman and Benjamin F. Hallett from the south 14 March 1857 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Correspondence
Charles Francis Adams to Edward Augustus Stansbury concerning his opposition to slavery 2 January 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
Charles G. Sawtellet to Perley P. Pitkin about rations for freed slaves working for the Union Army 24 July 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Military document
Charles H. Hasker to William McBlair regarding a disobedient boy named Samuel Brown 18 January 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Charles H. Hasker to William McBlair reporting against Clement Brooke for drunken behaviour 15 March 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe to Thomas Pringle thanking him for a book of verse 1 March 1819 Documents Relating to 1819 Correspondence
Charles L. Remond to David P. Harmon regarding an anti-slavery society meeting in Haverhill 23 September 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
Charles L. Remond to David P. Harmon regarding the next quarterly meeting in Salem of the Essex county anti-slavery society 10 December 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Correspondence
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon editing one of Pringle's poems 23 December 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Correspondence
Charles LeClerc to General Jean Rochambeau [in French], regarding the Haitian Revolution 6 August 1802 Documents Relating to 1802 Correspondence
Charles Lenox Remond to Mr. West requesting the postponement of the Essex county anti-slavery society meeting 15 May 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Correspondence
Charles Pinckney to Joseph Gales, Jr. with a speech on prohibiting slavery 4 June 1821 Documents Relating to 1821 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to Azariah Smith regarding travel plans to Washington D.C. and Europe 22 February 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to Owen Lovejoy regarding the Freedom Bill 7 April 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to Robert Adams regarding Independence Day events at Fall River, Massachusetts 3 July 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to Silas Ketchum concerning a freed slave 16 December 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to T. P. Chandler regarding the Senate ca. 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to Theseus Apoleon Cheney on the election and Civil War 9 October 1864 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Correspondence
Charles Sumner to Thomas L. Sprague thanking him for his kind words 28 September 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to unknown about abolition 11 August 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
Charles Sumner to unknown regarding a meeting 31 May 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Correspondence
Charles Williams to William Gibbons regarding a slave he has just purchased 9 April 1823 Documents Relating to 1823 Correspondence
Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 60, no. 19,315 (November 14, 1862)] 14 November 1862 Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 59, no. 18,835 (April 19, 1861)-v. 63, no. 19,915 (November 8, 1864) Newspapers and Magazines
Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 61, no. 19,425 (March 25, 1863)] 25 March 1863 Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 59, no. 18,835 (April 19, 1861)-v. 63, no. 19,915 (November 8, 1864) Newspapers and Magazines
Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 61, no. 19,427 (March 27, 1863)] 27 March 1863 Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 59, no. 18,835 (April 19, 1861)-v. 63, no. 19,915 (November 8, 1864) Newspapers and Magazines
Charleston Mercury Vol. 53, no. 10688 (November 1, 1859) 1 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Newspapers and Magazines
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 113 (March 29, 1861)] 29 March 1861 Copies of the Charleston Mercury Newspapers and Magazines
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 832 (August 13, 1863)] 13 August 1863 Copies of the Charleston Mercury Newspapers and Magazines
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 85, no. 12, 221 (November 19, 1864)] 19 November 1864 Copies of the Charleston Mercury Newspapers and Magazines
Check promising payment of $124 7 April 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Business and financial document
Christian banner. [Vol. I, no. 6 (June 11, 1862)] 11 June 1862 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Christian Discipline 1751 Christian discipline, and anti-slavery broadsides Broadside
Christian Fleetwood to Mary Gibbs about their expedition and freeing contrabands 31 March 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia. ca. 1864 Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides Broadside
Chronicle-Extra printing of the Emancipation Proclamation 1 January 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Broadside
Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, New Series, no. 7 (October 26, 1864)] 26 October 1864 Editions of the Church Intelligencer Newspapers and Magazines
Church of Peterboro 29 November 1843 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
Circular letter about an act to protect U.S. seamen 9 April 1803 Documents Relating to 1803 Pamphlet
Circular letter addressed to Joseph Carew, enclosing an "An Act to provide for the valuation for lands and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States" 28 September 1798 Documents Relating to 1798 Government document
Circular letter from Richard W. Gill to unknown regarding an estate tax to be paid on manumitted slaves December 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Correspondence
Circular letter instructing informing the navy that Congress was restricting the slave trade 5 September 1799 Documents Relating to 1799 Government document; Legal document
Circular letter urging opposition to the expansion of slavery February 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Non-governmental organization document
Circumstances leading to and attending the seize of the "Phoenix" 5 June 1830 Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette Correspondence; Military document
Claim made on the sloop "Lucky Strike" ca. 1779 Legal documents relating to captured American privateers Legal document
Claude Gibson to Tobias Gibson regarding examinations and a dream 22 March 1852 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Claude Gibson to Tobias Gibson regarding his studies 8 October 1858 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Clipping of the article "boyhood days" 12 December 1896 Documents Relating to the 1890s Newspapers and Magazines
Clothing receipt roll, Company B, 9th Louisiana Volunteers January 1864 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Collection of Antebellum Pamphlets 1840-1850 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Pamphlet
Collection of autographs, quotations, and letters 1855-1886 Documents Relating to 1856 Book
Colonization society membership certificate for Millard Fillmore 30 September 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Non-governmental organization document
The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Book
Columbia Telescope---Extra, Thursday, December 13, 1832 13 December 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Broadside
Comandancia de matriculas [In Spanish] 17 July 1838 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Coming into the Lines 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
Commanders Stationery for the U. S. Sloop War "Dale" 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
Commonwealth-extra 26 August 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Newspapers and Magazines
Compensated emancipation: a speech by Gerrit Smith, in the National Compensation Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 26 and 27, 1857 25 August 1857 - 27 August 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet
Compensated emancipation: a speech by Gerrit Smith, in the National Compensation Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 26 and 27, 1857 27 August 1857 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
Compilation of printed material pertaining to Sierra Leone 1811-1848 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Book
Composition 15 March 1845 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Miscellany
Conditions of Peace Required of the So-called Seceded States 24 April 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Broadside
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 10 (December 3, 1862)] 3 December 1862 Editions of the Confederate Baptist Newspapers and Magazines
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 2 (October 8, 1862)] 8 October 1862 Editions of the Confederate Baptist Newspapers and Magazines
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 22 (March 25, 1863)] 25 March 1863 Editions of the Confederate Baptist Newspapers and Magazines
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 25 (April 15, 1863)] 15 April 1863 Editions of the Confederate Baptist Newspapers and Magazines
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 8 (November 25, 1863)] 25 November 1863 Editions of the Confederate Baptist Newspapers and Magazines
The Confederate States. [Vol. 4, no. 41 (July 11, 1863)] 11 July 1863 Editions of The Confederate States newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
The Confederate States. [Vol. 4, no. 43 (August 7, 1863)] 7 August 1863 Editions of The Confederate States newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
The Confederate States. [Vol. 4, no. 44 (August 15, 1863)] 15 August 1863 Editions of The Confederate States newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 15 (October 18, 1862)] 18 October 1862 Editions of The Confederate States newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 25 (December 27, 1862)] 27 December 1862 Editions of The Confederate States newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 28 (January 17, 1863)]. 17 January 1863 Editions of The Confederate States newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 39 (April 7, 1863)] 7 April 1863 Editions of The Confederate States newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Connectictut electors to James Buchanan regarding their grievances with the Lecompton Constitution, popular sovereignty and slavery in Kansas [copy] 3 July 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Connecticut Herald Vol. 28, no. 41 30 August 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Newspapers and Magazines
Conscience and the Constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster in the Senate of the United States on the subject of slavery 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Conscience and the constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster on the subject of slavery 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Considerations on the revival of the Royal-British-assiento; between His Catholick-Majesty, and the honourable The South-Sea Company. With a humble attempt to unite the African-trade to that of the South-Sea Company, by Act of Parliament 1749 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Pamphlet
Conspiracy disclosed! Kansas Affairs. Read! Read!! Read!!! 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
[Constitution for the "Westfield Free Produce association of friends"] ca. 1840-1842 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Non-governmental organization document
Constitution of the Colonization Society [form for local Ohio chapters] ca. 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Broadside
The Constitution of the New-Jersey Society, for promoting the abolition of slavery: to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New-Jersey passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788 1793 Documents Relating to 1793 Pamphlet
The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for ... the Abolition of Slavery 1788 Documents Relating to 1788 Pamphlet
The constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free negroes, unlawfully held in bondage. Begun in the year 1774, and enlarged on the twenty-third of April, 1787. To which are added, the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for the gradual abolition of slavery. 1787 Documents Relating to 1787 Pamphlet
The constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free Negroes, unlawfully held in bondage begun in the year 1774, and enlarged on the twenty-third of April, 1787 : to which are added, the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for the gradual abolition of slavery. 1788 Documents Relating to 1788 Pamphlet
Consul General of France to Tobias Lear crediting him for liberating slaves from Tripoli 10 July 1808 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Contract for the purchase of a slave named "Kitty" 3-4 November 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Business and financial document
Controversy between New-York Tribune and Gerrit Smith 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Pamphlet
Controversy between New-York Tribune and Gerrit Smith 1855 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Pamphlet
The Cooper Union Address given by Abraham Lincoln in the Great Hall of The Cooper Union in New York February 27, 1860 1960 Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 Pamphlet
Copy Book of E. R. Archer 18 March 1864 to 15 November 1864 Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works Correspondence; Book; Diary
Copy of certificates of Lieuts. Walker & Cummings, regarding the casks left by the "W.G. Lewis" 12 November 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
Copy of a letter from Hunter Davidson to William McBlair regarding concerns over the safety of the "Dale" 23 April 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Copy of a letter from Hunter Davidson to William McBlair regarding a survey conducted on the ironwork of the "Dale" 23 April 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Copy of the Probate of the Will of the Late Mr. Roper Dawson 15 August 1771 Documents Relating to 1775 Legal document
Copy of Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 30 April 1861 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Copy of a statement regarding capture of a suspected slave ship 12 November 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
Corn cob slave doll ca. 1860-1870 Documents Relating to the 1860s Object
Cornelius Van Horne to Robert Livingston re: fear of theft of Livingston's slave 10 March 1724 The Livingston Family Papers [054] January-May 1724 Correspondence
Cornelius Van Horne to Robert Livingston re: fear of theft of one of his slaves 10 March 1724 The Livingston Family Papers [054] January-May 1724 Correspondence
Cornelius Van Horne to Robert Livingston re: trade and sale of goods 24 December 1725 The Livingston Family Papers [057] September-December 1725 Correspondence
Correction to Slave Trade Amendment 2 May 1800 Documents Relating to 1800 Pamphlet; Government document
Correspondence between Mr. Webster and his New Hampshire neighbors 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Correspondence from Allan Cunningham to Thomas Pringle denouncing a critic as having no right to judge Cunningham's work 21 October 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
Correspondence from Allan Cunningham to Thomas Pringle enclosing Cunningham's book on the life of Robert Burns ca. 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence
Correspondence from Charles Fox to Thomas Pringle discussing an engraving for an upcoming work 29 December 1828 Documents Relating to 1828 Correspondence
Correspondence from Charles Grant to Thomas Pringle suggesting times for an interview August 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence; Government document
Correspondence from Henry Richard Vassall Fox to Thomas Pringle thanking Pringle for a book 20 May 1834 Documents Relating to 1834 Correspondence
Correspondence from James Clerk to Mrs. Pringle enclosing a notice of Thomas Pringle's posthumously published work 4 May 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
Correspondence from James Fraser to Thomas Pringle asking Pringle to look at a drawing of the massacre at Glen Coe 1 May 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
Correspondence from John Banim to Thomas Pringle introducing Henry Morton 14 May 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Correspondence
Correspondence from John Campbell to Thomas Pringle requesting extra tickets to an antislavery meeting 1 May 1828 Documents Relating to 1828 Correspondence
Correspondence from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Thomas Pringle discussing abolition debates in Parliament 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
Correspondence from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Thomas Pringle discussing anti-slavery legislation and Pringle's Anti-Slavery Society 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Correspondence
Correspondence from Sir Thomas Buxton to an unknown recipient thanking them for a book of poetry and discussing dinner plans 22 March 1828 Documents Relating to 1828 Correspondence
Correspondence from Thomas Campbell to Thomas Pringle confessing to misplacing a paper and enclosing money for a child Pringle is sponsoring 4 January 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Correspondence
Correspondence from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Pringle regarding procedures for a public meeting on protecting the slaves in the crown colonies 18 April 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
Correspondence from William Allen to Thomas Pringle requesting a note to enable him to deal with a request 9 April 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 8 (November 17, 1862)] 17 November 1862 The Countryman Newspapers and Magazines
Court copy of testimony regarding division of slaves among heirs 1788 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Cover for Thomas Pringle's collection of autographs ca. 1820-1850 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Miscellany
Crawfurd Livingston to Johnston Livingston re: reflections on his trip to Savannah 9 June 1839 The Livingston Family Papers [109] 1836-1897 Correspondence
The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856. 19 May 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
The Crisis, No. 1 or Thoughts on Slavery, Occasioned by the Missouri Question 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Pamphlet
The crisis. [Vol. 2, no. 21 (June 18, 1862)] 18 June 1862 Documents Relating to the 1860s Newspapers and Magazines
Cyrus Redding to Thomas Pringle with thanks 27 May 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Correspondence
D. B. Harris to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard regarding complaints of idle slaves 28 April 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
D. C. Johnson to J. E. Boos discussing his childhood in Illinois, enlisting in the army and his opinion of Lincoln 19 March 1912 Documents Relating to the 1910s Correspondence
D.L.M. Stone to William J. Whittford 26 July 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
The Daily Examiner. [no volume or number information, (January 7, 1865)] 7 January 1865 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Daniel Hunt to Robert Livingston regarding news of the fleet and reports from England 5 February 1699 The Livingston Family Papers [025] 1699 Correspondence
Daniel O'Connell upon American slavery: with other Irish testimonies. 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Daniel Swisher to Lydia A. Bishoff about wiping out the Rebel army in Charlestown, marching in the rain and his plan to desert if Lincoln abolishes slavery 19 October 1862 Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence Correspondence
Daniel T. Van Buren to John M. Cuyler suggesting that escaped slaves be used to collect dead bodies 7 July 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Daniel Webster to Aaron Hobart regarding the abolition of slavery 20 April 1850 Aaron Hobart Collection Correspondence
Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige reporting on his general movements and social circle 1 October 1843 Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster Correspondence
Daniel Webster to John F. Parrott re: papers given in Senate on Colombian Slave trade treaty 2 August 1825 Documents Relating to 1825 Correspondence
Daniel Webster to Robert H. Gardiner regarding the Compromise of 1850 17 June 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
Daniel Webster's oration on the Compromise Bill 1850 Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster Pamphlet
Dauphin Thomas to his brother and sister discussing preparations for the raid on Harpers Ferry 4 September 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
David Atchison to James William Denver discussing votes in Congress, the Wilmot Proviso and the admission of California as a state 5 April 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
David C. Humphreys to Joseph Humphreys regarding education and employment 25 November 1845 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
David C. Humphreys to Joseph Humphreys regarding a trip from Cincinnati to Springfield 9 November 1847 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
David Crockett to Charles Schultz complaining of Andrew Jackson and Van Buren 25 December 1834 Documents Relating to 1834 Correspondence
David H. Shafer to Lydia A. Bishoff mentioning his work in the trenches, his refusal to fight for the slaves and Lydia's upcoming nuptials 23 October 1862 Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence Correspondence
David Hunter to Governor Andrew Curtin regarding the "colored troops" 4 May 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
David Murphy to the independent electors of the county of St. Genevieve 30 April 1820 Items related to the Murphy family of Missouri Correspondence; Government document
David P. Harmon to his wife discussing when he will return home 11 November 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Correspondence
David Wilmot to Bernice Darwin Ames granting an autograph and thanking him for supporting the Wilmot proposal 3 March 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Correspondence
The death of slavery ca. 1866 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 Miscellany
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833. 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Pamphlet
Declaration of sentiments of the colored citizens of Boston, on the fugitive slave bill!!! ca. 5 October 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Broadside; Non-governmental organization document
Decree 2 May 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Legal document
Decree approved April 6, 1830, repealing colonization law of March 24, 1825 6 April 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Government document
Deed of emancipation for Daphne and her son 1 January 1806 Middlesex County Virginia documents Government document
Deed of emancipation for a Negro named Harry 10 August 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Legal document
Deed of manumission for slave Ann Simms 18 May 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Legal document
Deed of manumission for a slave named Ester 17 March 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Legal document
Deed of manumission for slave Ophelia 2 January 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Legal document
Deed of manumission for slave Rose Dixon 20 November 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Legal document
Deed of manumission for slave Susan Reilly 4 March 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Legal document
Deed of manumission of slave Polly 4 May 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Legal document
Deed of sale for two slaves 28 June 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Business and financial document
Defence of Massachusetts. Speeches of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Boston memorial for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill, ... 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
A defense of the legislature of Massachusetts, or the rights of New England vindicated 1804 Documents Relating to 1804 Government document; Pamphlet
Delay of execution of John Arthur Bowen 25 February 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Legal document
Democratic Creed! ca. 1862-1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Broadside
Diary of Dighton Goddard 29 April 1863 - 10 December 1863 Collection of three items related to Dighton Goddard Diary
Diary of Sarah Gilpin 12 June 1864-24 January 1865 Sarah Lydia Gilpin's diaries Diary
Diary of Susan B. Boomer 1848-1858 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Diary
Discharges for nine soldiers and William Yocum (signed recto by Brutus J. Clay) 22 January 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Military document
A Discourse, delivered April 12, 1797, at the request of and before the New-York Society or promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated 1797 Documents Relating to 1797 Pamphlet
A Discourse, on the moral, legal and domestic condition of our colored population, preached before the Vermont Colonization Society, at Montpelier 17 October 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Pamphlet
Disposition of property, money and slaves for a local estate 1 May 1807 Documents Relating to 1807 Legal document
A Dissertation on slavery with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it... 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Book
Dixie printed on back of a sheet checks 1861 Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides Broadside; Business and financial document
Document appointing justices of the peace for slave trials in Augusta County, Virginia 28 April 1785 Documents Relating to 1785 Legal document
Document asserting Woodson Johnson's right to a purchase a girl belonging to someone else's estate 13 November 1838 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Document attesting to the free status of Richard Jackson 29 April 1813 Documents Relating to 1813 Legal document
Document authorizing the distribution of confiscated slaves from Tory plantations to veterans of the Revolution 26 March 1783 Documents Relating to 1783 Business and financial document
Document certifying that John Brown is charged 10 dollars, 2.50 for each day he was a deserter 7 September 1818 Documents Relating to 1818 Legal document
Document of sale for 3 slaves to be transferred from Louisiana to Texas 30 October 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Business and financial document
Document re: emancipating his slaves 3 October 1782 Documents Relating to 1782 Legal document
Document regarding Theophilus Garrard's debt to Daniel Garrard 1 November 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Business and financial document; Legal document; Land transaction document
Document signed by John Adams permitting French ships to leave the U.S. during undeclared Quasi-War 22 October 1798 Documents Relating to 1798 Correspondence
Dolley Madison to James Madison discussing President John Quincy Adams' State of the Union Address before Congress 10 December 1827 Documents Relating to 1827 Correspondence
Dolphus Damuth to John Damuth gives detailed description of setting up camp, pitching tents, and preparing for guard duty along the river 7 November 1862 Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry Correspondence
Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports the men are busy preparing for an inspection and that Damuth is now receiving twenty-four dollars a month 3 December 1864 Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry Correspondence
Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth telling her that he visited a friend and his wife who cooks for the army stationed nearby and that this was the first time he had sat with a woman since he left for the war. Also writes about Southern attitudes towards arming slaves 13 December 1864 Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry Correspondence
Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes about doing guard duty on a plantation near camp and the soldiers discover that slaves are still living on the plantation 8 November 1863 Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry Correspondence
Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes about guard duty and discusses his fear of death 30 April 1864 Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry Correspondence
Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes that the men are ready to fight in the battle of Pleasant Hill 3 April 1864 Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry Correspondence
Domingos L.L. de Torres to Tobias Lear regarding a loan 1 July 1806 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Douglas an enemy to the north. Reasons why the north should oppose Judge Douglas. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. Delivered at Cincinnati, September 19, 1859 19 September 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Douglass quotation on each citizen's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness 22 August 1879 Documents Relating to the 1870s Government document
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895): Cabinet card portrait by C.M. Bell, inscribed front and back ca. 1885 Documents Relating to the 1880s Photograph
Dr. Waugh to Thomas Pringle introducing a Mrs. Gregory 7 February 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Correspondence
Draft amending Alabama Constitution ca. 16 September 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
Draft of an article briefly discussing David P. Harmon and his association with the anti-slavery movement ca. 1940 Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s Miscellany
Draft of Sumner's article on "Domestic Relations" with regard to the Confederate states ca. 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Government document
The Dred Scott Decision 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Pamphlet
The duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Pamphlet
E. B. Caldwell to Simeon Baldwin re: American Colonization Society Report (printed letter) 27 October 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Correspondence
E. Littell to "My Dear Sir" 25 April 1862 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
E. McKinley to Tobias Gibson regarding a visit to the doctor 3 May 1852 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
E. Parry to "Dear Sir" 4 January 1863 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
E. W. Brown to John H. Stout regarding an outbreak of cholera 28 June 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
E. W. Stone to Berdille detailing a recent mission during which he searched for "contraband goods" and found two men 15 September 1861 Collection of E. Wyman Stone Correspondence
E. W. Taylor to Jeremiah Wilbur regarding slavery 25 January 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence
Eben Pearce to sister about registering negroes 5 August 1863 Collection of Pearce family correspondence Correspondence
Edited version of Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird 10 January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Edmund Andrews to George Andrews regarding a yellow fever epidemic and the cotton market 11 March 1820 Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr Correspondence
Edmund K. Smith writes to Braxton Bragg, asking to be sent a copy of a 'special order of the enemy 20 September 1862 Civil War generals from border states: 33 letters and documents Correspondence; Military document
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: breakdown in peace negotiations 2 September 1782 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: the British, the war in Virginia, fleets 7 May 1781 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: debts of Virginia, removal of slaves by the British 16 June 1783 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: legal opinion on Madison family wills and estate 15 January 1762 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence; Legal document
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: peace negotiations, his nephew's missing slave 19 August 1782 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: prisoner exchanges, hopes for peace, Canada 26 August 1782 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: war in the South, Loyalists, loss of a slave 29 July 1782 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence
Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: withdrawal of British troops, Loyalist situation 9 September 1782 Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons Correspondence
Edward Archer to Mr. Newcomb complaining about lack of support for the army, the defeat, the magnanimity of the victors and belief that the South will rise again 25 May 1865 Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works Correspondence
Edward Bates to Joseph Barrett on slavery, Kansas and Westward settlement 8 March 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Edward Everett to Lady Belper of Derby, England discussing general news and the Civil War 22 June 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Edward Fenno to Josiah Drummond about a Frederick Douglass lecture tour 15 January 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
Edward L. Winder to William McBlair regarding the capture of a slave trading ship 8 July 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Edward R. Archer to his mother from London, the failure of the Virginia Volunteer Navy, concerns over arming the slaves and the course of the war 8 January 1865 Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works Correspondence
Edward Rutledge to unknown regarding the sale of slaves as payment of debts 12 March 1789 Documents Relating to 1789 Correspondence
Edward W. Lawton to Thomas Evans regarding a runaway slave 22 May 1825 Documents Relating to 1825 Correspondence
Edwin H. McCaleb to T. P. Chandler, Esq., on Lincoln's assassination and the mixing of races in the South 6 June 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Edwin Tillotson to George Tillotson with support for the abolitionist movement 20 September 1863 Collection of George W. Tillotson Correspondence
Eighty years and more (1815-1897). Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 1898 Documents Relating to the 1890s Book
Elihu Burritt to Reverend Dr. Murray regarding the Cleveland Emancipation Convention 29 April 1858 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
Elihu Burritt to T.J. Seward regarding a national convention 1 July 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Elijah P. Lovejoy to John Mason requesting he stop sending copies of the "Pioneer" 30 Jaunary 1835 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
Eliza Miller to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding her stay in the Deep South 1 September 1857 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Elizabeth Keckley to James B. Bradwell regarding mementos of Jefferson Davis 16 June 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Emancipation in Maryland 1 November 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Emancipation of Hiram, a slave 7 November 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Legal document
Emancipation Proclamation 1 January 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Emancipation Proclamation ca. 1863-1864 Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 Broadside
Emancipation Proclamation 1 January 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Government document; Legal document
Emancipation Proclamation General Orders No.1 2 January 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Government document
The Emancipator Extra. Anti-Slavery Convention 24 February 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Broadside
The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (November 10, 1836)] 10 November 1836 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 34 (December 22, 1836)] 22 December 1836 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 41 (February 9, 1837)] 9 February 1837 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 45 (March 9, 1837)] 9 March 1837 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Emancipator. [Vol. 2, no. 15, whole no. 67 (August 10, 1837)] 10 August 1837 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Emancipator. [Vol. 3, no. 28, whole no. 132 (November 8, 1838)] 8 November 1838 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Emancipator. [Vol. 3, no. 31, whole no. 135 (November 29, 1838)] 29 November 1838 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Emergency proclamation empowering agents to seize slaves for military labor 27 August 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Military document
Endorsement of a runaway slave to return to Tennessee to search for his family 20 April 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Engraving of Harriet Beecher Stowe n.d. Undated Documents of Gilder Lehrman Collection 1860-1945 Artwork
Engraving of Preston S. Brooks with a clipped signature n.d. Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Artwork
Envelope to A.M. Ross 28 June 1894 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 15 August 1893 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 20 May 1895 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 9 December 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 30 April 1897 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 12 November 1894 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 11 January 1893 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 24 May 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 21 January 1897 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 6 April 1897 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross 19 February 1895 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope to A.M. Ross n.d. Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Envelope with free frank and docket 27 June 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Miscellany
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held in London [British abolition efforts] 1-9 June 1789 Documents Relating to 1789 Non-governmental organization document
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [emancipation] 20-25 May 1782 Documents Relating to 1782 Non-governmental organization document
Escape of "contrabands" from Col. Avery's estate near Petersburg, Virginia ca. 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Artwork
An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species.../by Thomas Clarkson 1787 Documents Relating to 1787 Book
Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Mary C. Hitchcock discussing Stanton, McClellan and the Civil War 10 April 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
The Examination of Polinaire taken the seventh day of February 1791 7 February 1791 Collection of correspondence of the North Family Legal document
Experience and personal narrative of uncle Tom Jones, for forty years a slave. Also, the surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive slave from South Carolina. ca. 1858 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Broadside
Explanation and correspondence about the printing of the Cooper Institute address given by Abraham Lincoln 12 February 1907 Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 Pamphlet
Exposition of the proceedings of John P. Darg, Henry W. Merritt, and others, in relation to the robbery of Darg, the elopement of his alleged slave, and the trial of Barney Corse, who was unjustly charged as an accessary 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Pamphlet
Extract from a speech regarding Wade's opposition to President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies 18 January 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Extract from Uncle Tom's Cabin 24 September 1895 Documents Relating to the 1890s Miscellany
Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Crawford to Lord Clarendon 6 May 1857 Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade Correspondence
Extract of a letter from 'Rodman' to Nancy Maxwell regarding a Friends Meeting on slavery and the Civil War n.d. Unassociated Civil War Documents: Undated Correspondence
Extracts from minutes of the yearly meeting of Pennsylvania & New Jersey 23-28 September 1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Government document
Extracts from the "Private Instructions" of the Navy Department to the Commander in chief of the U.S. Naval Forces on the West Coast of Africa 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
Extraordinary slave-related court document 1867 Documents Relating to the 1860s Legal document
F. Knight to clerk of Southampton, Va. re: possibility of blacks being sent to Liberia 4 September 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Correspondence
F.S. Corkran to Thomas Holliday Hicks discussing politics 23 August 1864 Letters related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot Correspondence
Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Broadside
Facsimile of John Brown's last written words n.d. Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Miscellany
Facts for the people 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet
Fannie to Alexander Stephens complaining about life at Atlanta University and her wish to return home 16 October 1876 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
The fearful issue to be decided in November next! Shall the Constitution and the Union stand or fall? 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 784 (May 10, 1790)] 10 May 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Newspapers and Magazines
Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 785 (May 11, 1790)] 11 May 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Newspapers and Magazines
Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 787 (May 13, 1796)] 13 May 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Newspapers and Magazines
Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 788 (May 14, 1796)] 14 May 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Newspapers and Magazines
Felix Grundy to William S. Holabird asking for information on the Amistad case 30 October 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
Fifth annual report of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, with some account of the annual meeting 25 January 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Final page of manuscript praising book on Civil War by Mr. Trent ca. 25 March 1892 Documents Relating to the 1890s Miscellany
First annual report of the educational commission for freedmen. May 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Pamphlet
First printing of Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Four propositions for abolitionists ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Fragment of Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Fragment of the "House divided" speech on slavery, Dred Scott, and Kansas ca. December 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Miscellany
Francis Boggs to Daniel Fisher about the war, experience of being a prisoner and working with slaves 8 March 1814 Documents Relating to 1814 Correspondence
Francis G. Blackman to his friend Bennett describing a skirmish with the Confederates and conversing with abandoned slaves on a plantation 2 December 1861 Collection of Francis G. Blackman and James A. Blackman, C company, 7th regiment, Rhode Island, infantry Correspondence
Francis Larche 11 May 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Pamphlet; Government document
Francis S. Key to John H. B. Latrobe concerning an American Colonization Society legal settlement 2 April 1828 Documents Relating to 1828 Correspondence
Francis Scott Key to unknown regarding the American Colonization Society 19 September 1823 Documents Relating to 1823 Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document
Francisco Jose de Mello to Tobias Lear regarding the "sad situation" of the Portuguese [in French] 23 February 1809 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Franklin Archibald Dick to Charles Drake regarding the difficulty in enforcing General Orders No. 35 which requires provost marshals to take testimony as to the acts of disloyal slave owners 12 June 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Franklin Butler van Valkenburgh to his wife describing a boat journey 10 June 1865 Collection of the Van Valkenburgh family Correspondence
Franklin Pierce to George C. Whiting discussing the pension for the widow of a navy commander 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence; Business and financial document; Military document
Franklin Pierce to John W. Geary about how to deal with the pro-slavery faction in Kansas 12 December 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
Frederick Brown to John Brown regarding his plans to build a settlement in Osawatomie, Kansas 28 April 1855 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Correspondence
Frederick Douglass 1875 Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Miscellany
Frederick Douglass' Paper Vol. 4, no. 50 (December 12, 1851) 4 December 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Newspapers and Magazines
Frederick Douglass to Benjamin Franklin Auld regarding the biography of the Baltimore police 9 April 1891 Documents Relating to the 1890s Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to Benjamin Franklin Auld regarding a ship building firm 24 March 1894 Documents Relating to the 1890s Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to Francis Jackson regarding a fugitive slave 17 September 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to his former master Hugh Auld 4 October 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to John Sherman about giving Sherman a copy of his speech given on the 26th anniversary of the abolition of slavery 25 April 1888 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to Maria Webb regarding the Harper's Ferry affair 30 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to Mary Todd Lincoln thanking Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick August 17, 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to May Delany, expressing his gratitude for sheltering him forty-five years ago 8 June 1890 Documents Relating to the 1890s Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to Miss Lena thanking her for a potholder 24 February 1882 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Frederick Douglass to Phoebe Hathaway updating her on his busy schedule 28 March 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)] 17 February 1860 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Frederick Wilkinson to Amanda Wilkinson writing from Kentucky of the wealth of the residents, and describing the many different colors of the slaves 29 April 1863 Collection of Frederick W. Wilkinson Correspondence
Free colored seamen - Majority and minority reports 20 January 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Pamphlet
Free Democratic Address to the People of the State of New York October 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Broadside
Free Negroes in the North ca. 1880-1890 Confederate war etchings Artwork
Free persons, those bound to servitude for a term of years... 14-15 September 1787 Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes Miscellany; Government document
Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Press. Fremont. [Frémont & Dayton election ribbon] 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Object
Free South. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (September 5, 1863)] 5 September 1863 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Free South. [Vol. 2, no. 12 (March 26, 1864)] 26 March 1864 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Freedmen's Bureau blank printed Marriage Certificate, Dept. of TN and AR 28 March 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Freedom and public faith: speech of William H. Seward, on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska bills 17 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Pamphlet
Freedom national; Slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on his motion to repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Pamphlet
Freedom national; slavery sectional: Mr. Sumner's speech for the repeal of the fugitive slave bill 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Pamphlet
Fremont's proclamation 30 August 1861 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
From Dixie to Canada: romance and realities of the underground railroad 1896 Documents Relating to the 1890s Book
From the New York Tribune. Mr. Gerrit Smith on the President's message. The currency and the hard times. 21 December 1857 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Newspapers and Magazines
The fugitive slave bill: its history and unconstitutionality 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
The fugitive slave law and its victims. 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Pamphlet
Fugitive slave law. The religious duty of obedience to law: a sermon, preached in the Second Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850 24 November 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
The fugitive slave law; tried by the Old and New Testaments 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Further testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony 9 January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
G. T. Beauregard to J. T. Doswell transmitting a note from a man who had tried to sell him a slave and her family n.d. Undated Documents of Gilder Lehrman Collection 1860-1945 Correspondence
Gamaliel Bailey to unknown regarding an abolitionist newspaper 2 October 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Correspondence
Gazette of the United States No. 7 2 May 1789 Documents Relating to 1789 Newspapers and Magazines
Gazette of the United States No. 95 10 March 1790 Documents Relating to 1790 Newspapers and Magazines
Gazette of the United States Vol. II, no. 17 9 June 1790 Documents Relating to 1790 Newspapers and Magazines
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 17 (June 9, 1790)] 9 June 1790 Documents Relating to 1790 Newspapers and Magazines
General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal] January 1782 Documents Relating to 1782 Pamphlet
General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal] + [docket] October 1783 Documents Relating to 1783 Pamphlet
General Order No. 16 to abolish the system of peonage in the Territory of New Mexico 12 March 1867 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
General Order no. 17, re: Texas question and possibility of more service 19 August 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Military document; Government document
General order no. 6 exempting certain persons from military service 4 August 1863 Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides Broadside; Military document
General Order no. 8 regarding African Squadron vessels' procedure for obtaining supplies ca. 29 October 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Military document
General orders for the government of the U.S. Naval Forces on the West Coast of Africa 25 June 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
General Orders No. 102 26 November 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Military document
General Orders no. 1: Emancipation Proclamation 2 January 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Government document
General orders no. 252 31 July 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Military document
General Orders no. 3 [inability of government to help black refugees] 4 May 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Military document
General Orders No. 62 24 June 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Military document
General orders pertaining to the deaths of Thomas Gilmer and Beverly Kennon 2 April 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Military document
General orders, no. 1-400 and no. 1-380 1863-1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
General signals 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet
Geo F. Edmunds To "My Dear Sir" 23 November 1861 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Book
George Armstrong Custer to Senator J. M. Howard defending himself against accusations 19 January 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
George B. Gill to Alexander M. Thompson 31 December 1877 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
George Clymer to Benjamin Rush regarding coming glories of Constitution, future end of slavery & rum ca. 18 June 1789 Documents Relating to 1789 Correspondence
George Clymer to V. McBlair informing her on how to write to her husband while he is at sea 7 July 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
George Cutis to W. B. Todd regarding the freedom of slaves 18 October 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
George Davis to Sidi Ahmet Caramanli regarding stipulations of Caramanli's loss of power 5 December1808 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
George Davis to William Higgens regarding instructions to pay Sidi Ahmet Caramanli's monthly pension 5 December 1808 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
George Davis to William W. Barker regarding Sidi Ahmet Caramanli's removal from office 5 December 1808 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
George F. Burgess to William McBlair stating his inability to furnish information regarding a captured slave trading ship 13 November 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
George L. Stearns to Samuel Johnson regarding a trip to Niagara 23 June 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Correspondence
George M. Williams to his wife advising her on how best to retain the respect of their servants and predicting high taxation after the war 20 May 1862 Letters written by Confederate soldier, George Morton Williams Correspondence
George M. Williams to his wife advising his uncle to hire servants and give up working on the farm until local affairs calm down 11 November 1862 Letters written by Confederate soldier, George Morton Williams Correspondence
George M. Williams to his wife requesting that she kiss their baby, encourage their servants and to pray for his blessings 31 July 1862 Letters written by Confederate soldier, George Morton Williams Correspondence
George P. Fusner to William McBlair regarding the transfer arrangements of Edwin Donnohoe 28 March 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
George Sydenham to Robert Livingston re: request for provisions 27 November 1714 The Livingston Family Papers [042] May-December 1714 Correspondence; Business and financial document
George W. Blamire to Mr. Hurst re: ex-slave writes to former master 13 August 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
George W. Lafayette on the use of slaves on his estate [in French] ca. August 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Correspondence
George W. Tillotson to his wife regarding Edwin's abolitionist leanings 8 November 1863 Collection of George W. Tillotson Correspondence
George W. Tillotson to his wife regarding family views on abolition 5 June 1863 Collection of George W. Tillotson Correspondence
George W. Tillotson to his wife regarding a letter from abolitionist relations 4 October 1863 Collection of George W. Tillotson Correspondence
George Washington to Burgess Ball regarding the purchase of land 27 July 1794 Documents Relating to 1794 Correspondence; Land transaction document
George Washington to James Jameson on the Dismal Swamp Land Co. and profits from slave labor 15 February 1795 The Personal side of the Presidency: 32 letters and documents Correspondence; Business and financial document
George Washington to James McHenry regarding news of the Marquis de Lafayette and scheme to return a slave to his master 11 November 1786 Documents Relating to 1786 Correspondence
George Washington to James Mercer regarding business matters relating to land and agriculture 26 December 1774 Documents Relating to 1765-1774 Correspondence
George Washington to John A. Washington regarding his nephew's education and preparing to meet the army 22 March 1782 Documents Relating to 1782 Correspondence
George Washington to John Francis Mercer regarding slaves 9 September 1786 Documents Relating to 1786 Correspondence
George Washington to Mary Ball Washington re: his brother's marriage, ordering clothing for slaves 30 September 1757 Documents Relating to 1754-1764 Correspondence
George Washington to Sir John Sinclair regarding land and nature 11 December 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Correspondence
George Winn to John Winn discussing the purchase of slaves 6 October 1838 Middlesex County Virginia documents Correspondence
George Winn to John Winn negotiating the purchase of slaves 25 November 1837 Middlesex County Virginia documents Correspondence
Gerrit S. van Valkenburgh to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh describing post-war life in Warren, Arkansas 18 August 1865 Collection of the Van Valkenburgh family Correspondence
Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York 1860 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet; Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to C. H. Howard 4 November 1874 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to Chancellor Walworth challenging his opinion on slavery 25 August 1849 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to Edward Cornelius Delavan, Esquire discussing temperance and slavery 22 August 1855 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to Governor Chase, Ohio expressing his disappointment in the latter's inaugural address 30 January 1856 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to Hiram P. Crozier, New York, chastising him for selling alcohol 9 August 1849 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to John Thomas, Esq. regarding the Jerry Rescue 27 August 1859 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to Judge Buell requesting a reply 15 November 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to the Liberty Party discussing their objectives 7 May 1846 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to the Liberty Party of the County of Madison 15 September 1846 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to the Liberty Party of New-Hampshire 18 March 1848 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to Mrs. Schoolcraft, planning a meeting to debate slavery 17 April 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to President Green, Whitesboro, regarding personal difference 4 April 1849 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to President King, Columbia College; discusses Fugitive Slave Law 22 November 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to Rev. Dr. John Marsh; Letter from Gerrit Smith to Joshua R. Giddings 12 November 1858 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to William H. Seward explaining why he did not support a Whig candidate in the Presidential election 1 January 1845 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith to William Henry Seward regarding the latter's anti-slavery stance 13 March 1855 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gerrit Smith's acceptance 4 August 1858 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Government document
Gerrit Smith's reply to the colored citizens of Albany 13 March 1846 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Gibson Gibson to Tobias Gibson regarding parenting and education 20 January 1846 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Gideon Johnson Pillow to Andrew Jackson defending James Polk's treatment of slaves 22 November 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence
Gideon Pillow v. Brown & Childress as executor of John Pointer, appeal from Philips Circuit Court December 1870 Documents Relating to the 1870s Legal document
Gideon Welles letter regarding the suffrage and governmental representation of freed slaves [incomplete] ca. 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Gideon Welles to Francis Preston Blair regarding the 1856 Presidential election 23 August 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence; Government document
Gideon Welles to Samuel Medary regarding the Fugitive Slave Act 10 October 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
Gilbert Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request for an Indian servant 9 February 1717 The Livingston Family Papers [045] January-May 1717 Correspondence
Gilbert Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request for a slave and indentures 8 April 1713 The Livingston Family Papers [039] January-April 1713 Correspondence; Business and financial document
Gilbert Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request to purchase a slave 23 August 1712 The Livingston Family Papers [038] 1712 Correspondence
The Golden Hour 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Book
Gone Off with the Yanks 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
Good Works!... 12 January 1852 Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality Miscellany
The Grand Jury finds the following fact… 20 September 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
A Grand Slave Hunt or Trial of Speed for the Presidency between the celebrated Nags Black Dan, Lewis Cass and Hayne ca. 1854-1856 Documents Relating to 1855 Artwork
Grants of money for children of slaves in Ulster County, New York 1 January 1803 Documents Relating to 1803 Government document; Business and financial document
Granville Sharp to Anthony Benezet regarding slavery 23 September 1772 Documents Relating to 1765-1774 Correspondence
The great Civil War in America: speech of Hon. Clement Laird Vallandigham, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives 14 January 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
The Great Victory -- Its Cost and Its Value : an Address Delivered at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, July 4th 1865 by Hon. M. Russell Thayer 1865 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Greenleaf's New York Journal & Patriotic Register. [Vol. 50, no. 72 (September 23, 1796)] 23 September 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Newspapers and Magazines
Gustavus W. Smith to Robert E. Lee about troop activities, negro workers and yellow fever 6 October 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence; Military document
H. Giles to "My Dear Alger" 24 June 1861 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
H. L. Hazelton to A. B. Baker introducing him to Watson Freeman 26 February 1853 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Correspondence
H. S. Glaze to Amos J. Harding updating him on life after being mustered out of service and talks about his support for African American suffrage 23 July 1865 Collection of Amos J. Harding, L company, 6th regiment, Missouri, cavalry Correspondence
H.M. Rector calling for Cherokee Nation to remove and deliver "Jack" to Albert Pike 20 February 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Government document
Half length seated portrait of Frederick Douglass ca. 1870 Documents Relating to the 1870s Photograph
Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong 8 April 1865 Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong Correspondence
Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong 8 March 1865 Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong Correspondence
Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong 4 March 1865 Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong Correspondence
Handwriting practice, possibly punishment n.d. Collection of Woodson Johnson Miscellany
Hank S. Clark to Washington regarding troop movements and slaves surrounding the camp 22 July 1861 Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Hannibal Hamlin to C. E. Potts with memories of Lincoln and his political battles 7 January 1891 Documents Relating to the 1890s Correspondence
Hannibal Hamlin to unknown regarding the repeal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 6 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Hardware plantation book 1836 1836-1840 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Harpers Ferry albumen print, mis-identified as Richmond 1865 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)] 4 October 1862 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)] 4 October 1862 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Harriet Beecher Stowe 11 September 1882 Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Miscellany
Harriet Beecher Stowe to Mrs. S. C. Hall on conditions in England and the singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield 29 December 1855 Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe Correspondence
Harriet Beecher Stowe to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha regarding her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 20 March 1852 Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe Correspondence
Harriet Beecher Stowe to Ralph Wardlaw regarding her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 14 December 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
Harriet Stowe to Dr. Stone requesting discretion over the writing of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' 1851 Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe Correspondence
Harrison Stearns to Mary Jane Ferris Stearns regarding the death of her husband, his former master 16 November 1867 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Harrison Stearns to Mary Jane Ferris Stearns regarding a gift of land 14 January 1868 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Hart Gibson to his sister, Sarah Gibson, regarding his schooling, family and the presidency 30 December 1855 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Hate mail from Pete Muggins to Abraham Lincoln 25 November 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Correspondence
Heber Painter to his aunt reminiscing about fallen comrades, hopes for the end of the war and slavery 31 December 1864 Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry Correspondence
Henry A. Wise to Arnold Elzey regarding Civil War skirmishes and the threat posed by African Americans in the South 14 January 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Henry A. Wise to James Buchanan re: conspiracy to free John Brown 25 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Henry Alexander Wise to Charles D. Meigs regarding unity between North and South 18 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Henry Bibb to John Calkins regarding how his money was used for fugitive slaves 19 June 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
Henry Brown Jr. to Courthouse Postmaster of Beverley Va. regarding the search for runaway slaves 19 October 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
Henry C. Knowlton to Harlow Higinbotham discussing mutual acquaintances and personal matters 26 September 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Henry C. Parrott to Maggie Parrot about the capture of a comrade and mistaking a group of runaway slaves for Confederates 4 December 1862 Collection of Henry C. Parrott Correspondence
Henry Clay to Calvin Colton regarding a pamphlet opposing abolitionists 2 September 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Correspondence
Henry Clay to Jacob Burdett regarding a runaway slave 21 March 1802 Documents Relating to 1802 Correspondence
Henry Clay to John Gray discussing the terms of hire for a slave 1 January 1809 Documents Relating to 1809 Correspondence
Henry Clay to John Switzer discussing his opinions on colonization and slavery 19 May 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Correspondence
Henry Clay to Thomas Hazard regarding the suppression of the slave trade and colonization efforts 27 April 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
Henry Clay to Thomas Helm regarding buying slaves and speculating on election results 20 October 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
Henry Clay to Thomas J. Wharton discussing his long support for the emancipation of slavery 28 August 1823 Documents Relating to 1823 Correspondence
Henry Clay to Thomas R. Hazard enclosing a testimonial 29 June 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
Henry Clay to Thomas Robinson Hazard concerning a proposed visit and African colonization 22 July 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
Henry Clay's letter on emancipation 1821 Documents Relating to 1821 Pamphlet; Correspondence
Henry Cole to Ezekel Dubois re: slave turning in master to Union troops 7 January 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Henry Jackson Hunt to George Brinton McClellan discussing his conspiracy theory involving Stanton, McClellan and the Emancipation Proclamation 21 March 1880 Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt Correspondence
Henry Jackson Hunt to Henry Knox Craig regarding Emory Upton's book on infantry tactics 4 October 1867 Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt Correspondence
Henry Jackson to Richard H. Jackson regarding the Emancipation Proclamation 6 October 1862 Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry Correspondence
Henry Jackson to Richard H. Jackson regarding his political views 23 June 1862 Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry Correspondence
Henry Knox to Catharine Littlefield Greene mentioning her runaway servant and Euphemia Morris Ogden apologizing for not being able to see her play whist 8 November 1788 The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 Correspondence
Henry Knox to George Washington on the movement of troops 29 March 1780 The Henry Knox Papers [0022] January-June 1780 Correspondence; Military document
Henry Knox to George Washington on various matters including the death of two of his children, Washington's retirement, the threat of war with France, and the slave revolt in Santo Domingo 13 January 1797 The Henry Knox Papers [0133] January-April 1797 Correspondence; Government document; Military document
Henry Knox to Lucy Knox about his duty and disgust at the barbarities of war caused by British tyranny 10 January 1777 The Henry Knox Papers [0016] January-April 1777 Correspondence
Henry Knox to Lucy Knox about his sadness that they're apart and news of the war [incomplete] 26 July 1781 The Henry Knox Papers [0031] July 1781 Correspondence
Henry Knox to Mr. White discussing his concerns about the navy 26 June 1798 The Henry Knox Papers [0137] May-August 1798 Correspondence; Military document; Government document
Henry Raymond Jarvis to unknown agreeing to deliver a lecture on slavery during the upcoming winter 7 August 1855 Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Correspondence
Henry S. Figures to my dear Ma about giving his mother ladies shoes and hiring a negro boy 6 October 1863 Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry Correspondence
Henry S. Figures to Sister about receiving furlough and slave sales 1 March 1863 Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry Correspondence
Henry Ward Beecher to unknown regarding slavery 12 February 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Henry Weeden to Watson Freeman declining to repair his coat 4 December 1850 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Correspondence
Henry Williams to Arthur Waring regarding a newspaper called, the Liberator 23 June 1834 Documents Relating to 1834 Correspondence
Henry Wilson to Theodore Parker regarding speeches on the topic of slavery 14 March 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Henry Wilson to unknown recipient re: requests that his book be sent to Charles Francis Adams 10 April 1872 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
Herald of Freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)] 31 December 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Newspapers and Magazines
Herald of Freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)] 31 December 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Newspapers and Magazines
Hinton Rowan Helper to John Sherman concerning slavery in the South 4 February 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Correspondence
Hiring Announcement 5 December 1855 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
The hiring of four slaves 26 December 1794 Documents Relating to 1794 Business and financial document
Hiring of Negroes 26 December 1825 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
A History of the Amistad captives... 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Broadside
A history of the Amistad captives: being a circumstantial account of the capture of the Spanish schooner Amistad, by the Africans on board; their voyage, and capture near Long Island, New York; with biographical sketches of each of the surviving Africans; also, an account of the trials had on their case, before the district and circuit courts of the United States, for the district of Connecticut 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Pamphlet
History of the antislavery measures of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth United States congresses, 1861-1864 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Book
A history of Lawrence, Kansas, from the first settlement to the close of the rebellion 1895 Documents Relating to the 1890s Book
The history of the New-York African free-school, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time; embracing a period of more than forty years: also a brief account of the successful labors of the New-York Manumission Society 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Book
History of the Oberlin-Wellington rescue 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Book
The history of slavery and the slave trade, ancient and modern. The forms of slavery that prevailed in ancient nations, particularly in Greece and Rome... 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Book
Hopkins Brothers to William B. Stone discussing debts and financial arrangements 13 March 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
Horace Greeley to J. S. Foy regarding politics, slavery and morality in North and South America 29 July 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
Horace Mann to G. F. Hilton reagrding the state of Antioch College 20 July 1858 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
Horatio Gates to Robert Livingston discussing the Haitian Revolution, the Louisiana Purchase and key French figures 12 February 1803 Documents Relating to 1803 Correspondence
Horatio Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her health 25 June 1825 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Horatio Rust to Alexander M. Ross regarding John Brown 1 December 1892 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
(House bill.) . . . A bill to be entitled "An act to provide payment for slaves impressed under state laws, and lost in the public service." 10 December 1863 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
(House bill.) . . . A bill to be entitled An act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities 5 January 1864 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
(House of Representatives, No. 367.) A bill To be entitled An Act to increase the military force of the Confederate States 10 February 1865 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
House report no. 377 regarding the Lecompton Constitution, and the admission of Kansas into the Union 11 May 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet
Howell Cobb to Hart discussing the appointment of commissioners and political matters 3 February 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
Hugh Auld to Amy Richardson regarding the purchase of Frederick Douglass 6 October 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Correspondence
Hugh Swinton Legare to James T. Austin warning him against causing trouble and unrest 20 December 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence
Humanity's last appeal to the abolitionists of the United States, against the increase of slave territory 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Broadside
Hunter Davidson to William McBlair regarding the capture of the slaveship "Bremen" 12 October 1857 Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade Correspondence
Hutchinson's deposition regarding the theft of slaves 7 November 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Legal document
In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1832. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Manufactures, made, to the Senate, the following Report 16 April 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Government document; Pamphlet
In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1837. Mr. Calhoun submitted the following motion for consideration 27 December 1837 Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis Broadside
In the Senate of the United States. December 28, 1837. Mr. Norvell submitted the following motion for consideration 28 December 1837 Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis Broadside
In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1832. Mr. King made the following report 18 May 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Government document; Pamphlet
"In Senate Of The United States…The bill from the House of Representatives, entitled 'An act for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union..." 3 February 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Government document
In the Supreme Court of the United States. John Van Zandt, ad sectum Wharton Jones. Argument for the defendant 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet
Inaugural address of John Quincy Adams 4 March 1825 Documents Relating to 1825 Broadside
Inaugural address. March 4, 1865. 4 March 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Pamphlet
Inconsistency and hypocrisy of Martin Van Buren. On the question of slavery ca. 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet
Indenture of Mary Gorms to John Smith 7 November 1692 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document; Legal document
The Independent Reflector, No. 30 21 June 1753 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Correspondence
Indictment of Abram in the Easter Plot 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Indictment of Absalum in the Easter Plot 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Indictment of Frank in the Easter Plot 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Indictment of Jim in the Easter Plot 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Indictment of Phiby in the Easter Plot 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Indictment of Sancho in the Easter Plot 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Infidelity and abolitionism. An open letter to the friends of religion, morality, and the American Union ca. 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Information given by Icholbald Hubbel and John Lee concerning Robert' s slave, Thom 10-25 July 1782 The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 Miscellany
Information regarding slavers, received from the master of the "Jupiter" captured by Her M S "Antelope" ca. 1857 Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade Correspondence
Injured Humanity; Being A Representation of what the unhappy Children of Africa endure from those who call themselves Christians 1805 Documents Relating to 1805 Broadside
The Injustice of Poll Taxes ca. 1870 Documents Relating to the 1870s Broadside
Instructions to John Lamb to treat with Algiers 1 October 1785 Documents Relating to 1785 Government document
Insurance for Spanish slave ship 17 September 1811 Documents Relating to 1811 Business and financial document
Insurance for Spanish slave ship 13 January 1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Business and financial document; Legal document
The interest in slavery of the Southern non-slaveholder. The right of peaceful secession. The character and influence of abolitionism. 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
Introductory address to American Society for Promotion of National Unity ca. 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Non-governmental organization document
Invasion at Harper's Ferry ca. 1860-1865 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
Invasion at Harper's Ferry 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book; Government document
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Thomas Winn 26 November 1824 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of Thomas Winn deceased 26 November 1824 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
An inventory and appraisment of the estate of Humphry Jones ca. 1684-1685 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Inventory of the estate of Jesse Woodhull 17 February 1795 - 13 March 1800 Documents Relating to 1795 Business and financial document
An Inventory of Goods & Chattels Now in Possession of Peter Bain 21 November 1782 The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 Business and financial document
Inventory of the goods and chattels of Asa Baker 27 January 1820 Court documents from Fayette County, Kentucky, regarding the settlement of various estates Legal document
Invitation to speak 26 August 1848 Documents Relating to 1841 Non-governmental organization document
Invoice for work done in Portage County, Ohio 26 July 1819 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Business and financial document
Invoice of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage turned over by Jacob Berger 2d Lieutenant, Company K, 63rd United States Colored Troops, and Assistant Quartermaster at De Valls Bluff 30 November 1865 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Invoice of Goods to be sent for by Mr. John Gill of Baltimore for and on account of George Washington of Mount Vernon in Virginia, according to agreement 26 November 1799 Documents Relating to 1799 Business and financial document
Iowa joint resolution, ratifying the 13th Amendment to the Constitution 30 March 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg describing his trip down the Mississippi River 14 July 1861 Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg discussing camp life, visiting women and his opinion on African Americans 24 July 1861 Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding flooding, visits from Union Generals and fugitive slaves 10 April 1863 Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding the situation in Jackson, Tennessee 20 June 1862 Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding troops outside Vicksburg, a visit to Elmwood Cemetery and politics 30 January 1863 Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding who she will marry, securing the city of Jackson and the Emancipation Proclamation 4 October 1862 Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
The iron furnace; or, slavery and secession. 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Book
The Irrepressible Conflict or the Republican Barge in Danger 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Artwork
Is Millard Fillmore an abolitionist? 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Isaac Mayo to J.C. Hall regarding the "Phoenix" 9 June 1830 Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette Military document; Correspondence
Isaac Mayo to John Branch regarding naval matters 5 June 1830 Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette Military document; Correspondence
Isaac Mayo to Mr. Knight regarding the slave ship "Feris" 1 August 1830 Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette Military document; Correspondence
Isaac Toucey to Thomas A. Conover ordering him to direct the U.S.S "Dale" to proceed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire 18 February 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Isaac Toucey to William McBlair regarding illegal slave trading in Africa 14 April 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Isaac W. Mast to Joseph M. Maitland about his company's movements, his brother's belief that abolition is not worth war and rumors of peace 4 February 1865 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
Israel Washburn Jr. to Francis Preston Blair recommending George M. Weston for the editorial position of a Republican newspaper in Washington 25 March 1857 Archive of correspondence relating to the Blair family, including letters of Roger B. Taney, Jackson, Welles Correspondence
J Thompson to S. Miller regarding his slave 15 August 1802 Native American manuscripts regarding Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians Correspondence
J. D. Carter to Eliakim P. Scammon concerning confiscations 8 April 1863 Collection of Eliakim P. Scammon, 23rd regiment, Ohio, infantry Correspondence; Military document
J. F. Bliss's opinion on slavery ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany
J. Goodridge, Jr. to William McBlair regarding the arrest of a sailor from the "Dale" 9 January 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
J. I. Walrath and P. Briggs to N. R. Chapman accepting an invitation 29 December 1843 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Correspondence
J. Sturgis Potter to Governor Francis W. Pickens suggesting that machinery for knitting hosiery can be adapted to use cotton thread 30 March 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
J.D. Andrews to Francis P. Blair discussing politics 12 May 1860 Archive of correspondence relating to the Blair family, including letters of Roger B. Taney, Jackson, Welles Correspondence
J.H. Grady to Mrs. Murphy and an old man and a replacement 4 October 1846 Items related to the Murphy family of Missouri Correspondence
J.H. Wood to unknown warning of the impending arrival of free slaves seeking to buy land [incomplete] 3 July 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
J.Y. Gibson to Tobias Gibson discussing crops and a dispute 9 September 1843 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Jacob Henter to Robert Livingston re: charges for damage done to land 14 May 1773 The Livingston Family Papers [081] 1773 Correspondence
James A. Armstrong to Richard H. Jackson regarding the Emancipation Proclamation 10 October 1865 Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry Correspondence
James A. Garfield to Lionel A. Sheldon concerning reconstruction and the 14th amendment 10 December 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
James A. Seddon to Fendall Griffin regarding the release of two slaves 30 May 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
James Augustus St. John to Thomas Pringle about writing 9 February 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Correspondence
James Barwood to Bill 5 February 1863 Collection of Barwood James Correspondence
James Buchanan to Ezra B. Chase regarding slavery 7 November 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
James Buchanan to Henry A. Wise 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
James Buchanan to Isaac G. McKinley voicing his support for the Fugitive Slave Law 16 July 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
James Buchanan to J.J. Grindall discussing the Fugitive Slave Act 18 October 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
James Buchanan to James A. Caldwell regarding financial matters 24 March 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence
James Buchanan to James M.H. Beale about a pro-slavery candidate 6 November 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
James Buchanan to James William Denver regarding the Kansas Territory 27 March 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Correspondence
James Buchanan to L. Harper regarding a recent trip to Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, and the judicial election 6 August 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
James Buchanan to Peter Wager regarding the price of wine and the abolition of slavery 23 December 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence
James Buchanan to William Stiles thanking him for sending a copy of his work on the political movements in Austria of 1848-1849 13 April 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
James Buchanan, to Robert Tyler discussing the Wilmot Proviso 25 February 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence; Government document
James Gillespie Birney to Joshua Leavitt regarding a commission by the Herald 26 June 1847 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
James H. Kellog to Mary detailing his views on slavery and reporting that the camp has been broken up 3 June 1863 Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry Correspondence
James H. Kellog to Mary discussing abolition and reconstruction 12 September 1864 Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry Correspondence
James H. Scales to Mr. Parkes regarding a slave auction 14 March 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
James K. Magie to Mary Magie regarding life on a steamboat 2 February 1863 Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
James K. Magie to Mary Magie regarding pretty women and runaway slaves 21 January 1863 Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
James K. Magie to Mary Magie regarding travelling between Nashville and Franklin 22 February 1863 Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
James Livingston to Robert Livingston discussing news of Robert's son, Andrew 4 January 1700 The Livingston Family Papers [026] January-June 1700 Correspondence
James M. Ashley urging support for the Thirteenth Amendment 25 December 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland about the death of a family friend and his favor for drafting black soldiers 8 March 1863 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland demanding to know whether his views regarding abolition have changed 6 September 1863 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland discussing a church sermon and his belief that the Rebellion is near an end 23 August 1863 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland discussing local matters, a strongly abolitionist party and his hope that Joseph will be sent closer to home 16 August 1863 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
James M. Stuart to his father about slavery and his stance on abolition 18 January 1865 Collection of letters relating to James M. Stuart Correspondence
James Maddison to Gov. Benjamin Harrison regarding provisional peace treaty, Carleton & Washington 20 May 1783 Documents Relating to 1783 Correspondence
James Madison to Edmund Pendleton regarding waiting foreign dispatches on peace talks and selling a slave 6 August 1782 Documents Relating to 1782 Correspondence
James Madison to Eliza Trist discussing his travel plans and health 29 October 1788 Documents Relating to 1788 Correspondence
James Madison to Major Dana regarding employment prospects in Virginia 12 September 1819 Documents Relating to 1819 Correspondence
James Madison to Robert R. Livingston regarding the Convention of Mortefontaine, American tobacco and Jay's Treaty 19 December 1801 Documents Relating to 1801 Correspondence
James Madison to Tench Coxe about various matters such as family, slavery, agriculture and politics 20 March 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Correspondence
James Monroe regarding funds for abolitionists 13 December 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
James Monroe to Dr. Charles Everett regarding the maltreatment of slaves 23 March 1812 Documents Relating to 1812 Correspondence
James Monroe to John C. Calhoun regarding the Seminole Indians and slavery 10 October 1821 Documents Relating to 1821 Correspondence
James Monroe to John Quincy Adams about the slave-trade treaty with Britain and his fears 20 May 1824 Documents Relating to 1824 Correspondence; Government document
James Monroe to William Benton on sending supplies and slaves 28 October 1818 The Personal side of the Presidency: 32 letters and documents Correspondence
James Montgomery to Thomas Pringle about poetry vs. fiction 7 August 1828 Documents Relating to 1828 Correspondence
James N. Bethune to Paul Semmes discussing a meeting about secession in Milledgeville, Georgia 15 November 1860 Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry Correspondence
James N. Buffum to David P. Harmon regarding an anti-slavery meeting 8 February 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Correspondence
James N. Buffum to David P. Harmon regarding the attendance of escaped slaves at an anti-slavery meeting 21 February 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Correspondence
James N. Buffum to David P. Harmon regarding an upcoming anti-slavery convention 22 April 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence
James Pemberton to James Phillips about anti-slavery activity among the Quakers 18 November 1784 Documents Relating to 1784 Correspondence
James Pemberton to Moses Brown regarding the republication of the act of the Massachusetts Assembly 17 May 1788 Documents Relating to 1788 Correspondence
James Seddon to Governor Bonham responding to resolutions passed by the South Carolina General Assembly 16 October 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
James Shields to John Chathen regarding slavery 29 June 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
James Stephen to Thomas Pringle about press control in Britain and slavery 24 May 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Correspondence
James T. Gerry to Ann Gerry regarding the navy 24 February 1854 Collection of James T. Gerry, United States Navy Commander Correspondence
James T. Gerry to Ann T. Gerry regarding slave traders December 1839 Collection of James T. Gerry, United States Navy Commander Correspondence
James T. to Emily L. Gerry regarding the slave trade 1 December 1839 Collection of James T. Gerry, United States Navy Commander Correspondence
James Todd to Joseph Humphreys regarding his arrival in Memphis, Tennessee 29 March 1853 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
James W. C. Pennington to unknown discussing the Fugitive Slave Act 29 April 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence
James Winchester to his daughter, Maria Breedlove, regarding his offer of female slaves and riding horses 3 November 1814 War of 1812: Correspondence and documents on the war, POWs in Canada, behaviour of soldiers, conditions in New Orleans, laying the Tennessee state line and founding of Memphis City. Documents relate to James Winchester, his family and associates Correspondence
James Wright, of Haverhill ca. 1791 Documents Relating to 1791 Broadside
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau to Patrick Henry 28 March 1782 Documents Relating to 1782 Correspondence
Jefferson Davis to Crafts J. Wright issuing a vehement denial of claims that Davis started the war 12 February 1876 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
Jefferson Davis to Frank H. Alfriend discussing events of 1850-1861 17 August 1867 Items Relating to Frank H. Alfriend Correspondence
Jefferson Davis to J. W. Turner regarding the free soil movement 6 October 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
Jefferson Davis to John Letcher regarding the impressment of slaves for the Confederate War Effort 31 January 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Jefferson McCauly to his master inquiring about the health of his wife and other family members 7 April 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Jeremiah Wadsworth to Henry Knox on an escaped slave or servant from Mrs. Greene 2 November 1788 The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 Correspondence
Jermain Wesley Loguen to Helen Amelia Loguen [written on a printed circular "To the Friends of the Fugitives from Slavery] 28 June 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
Jesse Duncan Elliott to Isaac Mayo ordering him to remain with the U.S.S. Grampus and escort Lieutenant Wilson to the mouth of the Mississippi River 12 July 1830 Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette Correspondence
Jesse Duncan Elliott to Isaac Mayo regarding a naval presence in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico 15 November 1828 Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette Correspondence; Military document
Joel Parker to Anson Rood regarding Parker's representation in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 7 December 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Correspondence
Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair regarding his request to be releaved from suspension 6 November 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair regarding his return to the United States from Africa 11 November 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair regarding his suspension 3 November 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair requesting permission to punish a sailor for insubordination 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John A. Bogert to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert about money, his duties and plans to arrest people who he suspects are sending African Americans to Cuba to be sold into slavery 25 November 1865 Collection of John A. Bogert Correspondence
John A. Washington to [Isaac R.] Douglass discussing a deal to sell and deliver a slave 6 July 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence; Business and financial document
John Adam to George Churchman and Jacob Lindley expressing his views on slavery 24 January 1801 Documents Relating to 1801 Correspondence
John Adams to Benjamin Rush regarding several figures ca. September 1807 Documents Relating to 1807 Correspondence
John Adams to Elbridge Gerry about the return of escaped slaves 28 April 1785 Documents Relating to 1785 Correspondence
John Adams to William McBlair requesting permission to return to Liberia 2 May 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren to Lewis West asking to " relieve the colored people who were pillaged, and prevent a repetition of the act" 13 January 1865 Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina Correspondence
John Allyn to Robert Livingston re: Mrs. Schuyler's slave, Livingston's cattle 10 May 1692 The Livingston Family Papers [018] 1692 Correspondence
John Augustine Washington to Ned Turner discusses Lee's recent promotion and other military news 19 June 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence; Military document
John Barclay to William McBlair regarding the condition of crew on board the "Dale" 8 January 1856 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John Borland to Philip Livingston re: trade and the slave revolt of 1712 in New York 14 April 1712 The Livingston Family Papers [038] 1712 Correspondence
John Bradford to Charles Calvert discussing two runaway slaves 16 October 1725 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Correspondence
John Brookes Rawle to "My Dear Sir" 17 April 1880 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
John Brookes Rawle to "My Dear Sir" 15 March 1880 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
John Brookes Rawle to "My Dear Sir" 25 February 1880 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
The John Brown invasion; an authentic history of the Harper’s Ferry tragedy, with full details of the capture, trial, and execution of the invaders, and of all the incidents connected therewith. With a lithographic portrait of Capt. John Brown, from a photograph by Whipple. 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
John Brown Jr. to Alexander M. Ross about examining land for the purpose of settling black people of limited means 19 June 1879 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to Alexander M. Ross sending a commission issued to one of his father's men 24 March 1878 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to Alexander M. Ross sending a letter from John Brown to Ross's son n.d. Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to Alexander M. Ross thanking him for sending a copy of "The Lincoln Memorial Album" [Fragment] n.d. Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to Alexander M. Ross thanking Ross for photographs of his father's last written words 18 March 1878 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to F.B. Sanborn regarding the biography of his father 4 January 1891 Documents Relating to the 1890s Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to F.B. Sanborn regarding his father John Brown's biography 5 April 1884 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to F.B. Sanborn regarding his father, John Brown 26 February 1891 Documents Relating to the 1890s Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to Jason Brown and others discussing the fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists in Kansas 16-19 August 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
John Brown Jr. to Ruth Brown regarding family and life in Ohio 23 February 1851 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Correspondence
John Brown still lives! 30 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Broadside
John Brown to Frederick Brown & Jeremiah Brown regarding his departure from Kansas 11 October 1856 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Correspondence
John Brown to Gerrit Smith regarding slavery 24 November 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
John Brown to Henry Thompson regarding relocation to North Elba, N.Y 18 June 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Correspondence
John Brown to his brother and sister Adair expressing concern for his son Owen 10 December 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
John Brown to Mary Ann Brown about candidates in Kansas 13 March 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
John Brown to Mary Ann Brown about the defeat of a pro-slavery judge 24 April 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
John Brown to Mary Ann Brown enclosing thirty dollars 12 May 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
John Brown to Mary Ann Brown reporting on his avoidance of the US Marshall 16 April 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
John Brown to Mary Stearns regarding his execution 29 November 1859 John Brown letter and broadside Correspondence
John Brown to Thomas B. Musgrave re: imprisonment 17 November 1559 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
John Brown to Willis A. Hodges regarding the African American farming settlement at North Elba 22 January 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Correspondence
John Buchanan Floyd to J. S. Cunningham regarding John C. Fremont 6 September 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
John C Calhoun to Wilson Lumpkin discussing the differences between the North and the South 1 September 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Correspondence
John C. Breckinridge to Mrs. Breckinridge regarding the health of family members 17 January 1853 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
John C. Darby to Tobias Gibson regarding a presidential election and its candidates ca. 1854 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
John Caldwell Calhoun to Gilbert C. Rice regarding the abolition of slavery 16 October 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Correspondence
John Cotton to Joseph Lord regarding friends and baptisms 14 September 1699 Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality Correspondence
John Cunningham to William McBlair regarding sailors' rations 22 October 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John Dow to his brother about life in Augusta, Georgia 25 September 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Correspondence
John Duggan to William McBlair asking to be discharged from duty 24 November 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John Duggan to William McBlair requesting a discharge so that he can return home 12 April 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John Forsyth to William S. Holabird forwarding documents pertaining to the Amistad case 25 March 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
John Forsyth to William S. Holabird forwarding testimony relevant to the Amistad case 8 September 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
John Forsyth to William S. Holabird on the use of international treaties as evidence in the Amistad case 30 April 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
John Forsyth to William S. Holabird providing instructions from the President in relation to the Amistad case 17 January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
John Forsyth to William S. Holabird regarding the appearance of the cabin-boy Antonio at the Amistad trial 8 February 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
John Forsyth to William S. Holabird requesting a copy the papers of the Amistad and the court proceedings relating to that vessel 23 September 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
John Forsyth to William S. Holabird revealing administrative assumptions about the outcome of the Amistad case and deals with Spanish ministers 6 January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
John Greenleaf Whittier to Samuel J. May discussing abolition and various abolitionists 24 April 1834 Documents Relating to 1834 Correspondence
John Hancock to the Convention of Maryland regarding foreign affairs and military matters 4 June 1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Correspondence
John Hancock to the New Jersey Convention announcing Declaration of Independence 5 July 1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Pamphlet; Legal document
John Hay to Mary Jay concerning the Peninsula campaign and Emancipation Proclamation 20 July 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
John Jay to Richard Harrison regarding current negotiations between United States and Spain 28 May 1781 Documents Relating to 1781 Correspondence
John Jay to unknown regarding the abolition of slavery 24 July 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
John Jones to his wife regarding negro companies and the emancipation proclamation 24 September 1862 Collection of John Jones, Company F, 45th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
John Kagi to Henry Thompson about stationary for John Brown 21 April 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
John Livingston to Peter DeWitt regarding orders for trade 4 October 1749 The Livingston Family Papers [068] 1749 Correspondence
John Livingston to Robert Livingston re: destruction caused by a fire 25 May 1756 The Livingston Family Papers [072] 1756 Correspondence
John Marshall to James Mercer Garnett regarding his opinions on universal suffrage 20 May 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Correspondence
John McKinley Gibson to Tobias Gibson regarding his schooling 12 October 1856 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
John McKinley Gibson to Tobias Gibson with his views on Slavery 12 April 1864 Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. Correspondence
John Moore to James Kelly about Christmas balls and a Mormon court 29 December 1858 John Moore Collection Correspondence
John Moore to James Kelly on the progress of the Seminole War and his thoughts on their enemies 3 July 1853 Letters from John Moore to James Kelly Correspondence
John Moore to Mary Kelly regarding climate, balls, and events at Harper's Ferry 14 December 1859 John Moore Collection Correspondence
John Moore to Mary Moore and Richard Moore describing holiday celebrations 18 January 1848 Collection of John B. Moore letters Correspondence
John Moore to Mary Moore and Richard Moore on how women should conduct themselves and family news 10 December 1847 Collection of John B. Moore letters Correspondence
John Moore to Mary Moore regarding the end of his teaching and his return home 8 July 1848 Collection of John B. Moore letters Correspondence
John Parker Hale to Charles Summer introducing Mr. Vanderbilt 18 March 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
John Q. Adams to Richard Rush regarding a possible Civil War 16 October 1845 Documents Relating to 1845 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Augustus E. Silliman 7 August 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to the editor of the Quincy Patriot reporting to his constituents regarding the Gag Rule, the abolition of slavery, the admission of Texas and the Treaty of New Echota 21 September 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Gerrit Smith discussing his opposition to slavery 5 April 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to John Adams Green and Edward Butler Osborne about slavery and petitions 18 March 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Joseph Blunt discussing a British sailor executed for serving on an American ship during the war of 1812 27 November 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Joseph Gales, Jr. regarding a pamphlet 4 September 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Lewis Tappan discussing his bill for compensated abolition 15 July 1845 Documents Relating to 1845 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Roger S. Baldwin regarding the Amistad case 11 November 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence; Legal document
John Quincy Adams to Roscoe G. Greene regarding Thomas Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" and the power of Congress 4 March 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Solomon Lincoln Esq. 4 April 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Correspondence
John Quincy Adams to Uriah Tracy discussing politics, in particular a possible amendment against slavery 3 April 1812 Documents Relating to 1804 Correspondence
John Riggs to Robert Livingston regarding a potential embargo 14 July 1701 The Livingston Family Papers [028] 1701 Correspondence
John S. Cunningham to William McBlair 28 February 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John S. Cunningham to William McBlair regarding the capture of the American schooner "Angeline" by a British ship 1 January 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John S. Cunningham to William McBlair regarding financial matters 31 January 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Business and financial document
John S. Cunningham to William McBlair regarding his debt to the United States 10 January 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document; Business and financial document
John S. Mosby to Alexander Spottswood Campbell, transmitting a clipping from the Times-Dispatch 25 February 1909 Documents Relating to the 1900s Correspondence
John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman explaining that while a soldier must always fight for his country, he never personally approved of slavery June 4 1907 Letters from John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman Correspondence
John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman recalling arguments made for secession and requesting the return of a letter 04 October 1909 Letters from John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman Correspondence
John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman regarding an article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan 10 February 1909 Letters from John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman Correspondence
John Stevenson to Robert Livingston. with a report on Robert, Jr.'s slave 3 April 1769 The Livingston Family Papers [078] 1769 Correspondence
John Tyler to his son Robert Tyler touching on slavery, the presidential election, his portrait and politics 8 March 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
John Tyler to Robert Tyler favouring annexation of Texas to expand cotton monopoly 16 April 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
John Tyler to Spencer Roane about issues surrounding the Missouri Compromise debates 14 February 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Correspondence
John Vinton to his mother regarding slavery 15 October 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Correspondence
John W. Livingston to William McBlair ordering him to sail to Porto Praya 16 June 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
John White Geary to Edgar Cowan seeking promotion and discussing recruitment 4 August 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence; Military document
John Whittier to Samuel Joseph May inviting him to the quarterly meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society 13 March 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document
John Winn to George Winn discussing the price of slaves and his money problems 23 September 1838 Middlesex County Virginia documents Correspondence
A joint resolution, respecting the gradual emancipation of slaves, and colonization of people of color within the United States 7 February 1825 Documents Relating to 1825 Government document
Joint Resolutions in reference to the treatment of colored troops 15 February 1864 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
Joint resolutions in reference to the treatment of colored troops. [and slaves "abducted" from C.S.A.] 15 February 1864 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union 6 February 1857 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Joint resolutions on the pending war, and matters appertaining thereto 13 January 1863 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
Jonathan Blanchard to Homer H. Stuart discussing Christianity 10 February 1846 Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear in French 25 July 1810 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear in French 6 January 1810 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear in French 20 July 1810 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear regarding his request for a loan [in French] 12 July 1806 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear regarding the immorality of the Algerian government [in French] 19 August 1809 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear regarding a loan 23 May 1808 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear regarding a loan for food and rent [in Portuguese] 15 July 1806 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear regarding a loan to relieve the "sad situation" of enslaved Portuguese 21 March 1808 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear regarding U.S. and French relations [in French] 18 June 1810 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Jose Bernardo de Hacerda to Tobias Lear thanking him for a loan [in French] 15 July 1806 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Joseph Bailey to Henry Bailey re: the 13th Amendment and end of slavery 19 March 1885 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 Correspondence
Joseph Couthouy to David Dixon Porter 6 January 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
Joseph Curtis's membership certificate for the New York society for promoting the Manumission of Slaves 20 February 1812 Documents Relating to 1812 Non-governmental organization document
Joseph Gorsuch to William Beckett about the fall of Vicksburg and the solders' hardships 4 July 1863 Collection of Joseph B. Gorsuch, Company I, 83rd regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry Correspondence
Joseph Hale to unknown regarding his business and finances 30 January 1837 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Joseph Horace Eaton to Frank M. Etting discussing bounty due to loyal owners of slaves 1 November 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Joseph Hume to Thomas Pringle and John Fairbairn forwarding essays 16 July 1824 Documents Relating to 1824 Correspondence
Joseph Humphreys to Sarah Gibson Humphreys regarding his trip 13 January 1857 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, discussing how he witnessed slavery 7 August 1863 Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, relating a scene he witnessed involving a wagon master whipping a black man 11 February 1863 Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, stating that he was detailed as a Provo guard and sent to protect the Roberts 9 March 1864 Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Joseph M. Maitland to [William Grier Maitland] about the organization of African American regiments which he, personally, does not wish to command 22 April 1863 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
Joseph Merrill to David P. Harmon regarding an upcoming lecture at Haverhill 24 September 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Joseph Story to John McDonogh about masters and slaves 8 August 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Correspondence
Josiah Robbins to Aaron Hobart regarding post collections and politics 15 February 1821 Aaron Hobart Collection Correspondence
Journal of a Cruise of the United States Sloop of War Decatur 28 January - 20 June 1840 Journals and log books of Edward Simpson Sr. and Edward Simpson, Jr. Diary
Journal of John A. Payne while serving on the USS Richmond 30 January 1862-9 February 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates Diary
A Journal of the proceedings in the detection of the conspiracy [ by New York slaves] 1744 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Book
Journal of the U.S.S. Portsmouth of the African Squadron, U.S. Navy 1850-1851 Documents Relating to 1850 Military document; Government document; Diary
A journey in the back country 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
Julia Ward Howe June 1896 Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Miscellany
The just supremacy of Congress over the territories: intended as an answer to the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on popular sovereignty 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Justice of the Peace order 16 October 1807 Documents Relating to 1807 Government document; Legal document
K.A. Williams to George Wortham 16 May 1864 Collection of George Wortham
Kansas affairs in the Senate. Minority report of the Senate committee on territories. Made March 12, 1856, by Judge Collamer, of Vermont. 12 March 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Kansas and the Constitution 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
The Kansas Freeman. Vol. 1, no. 2 26 September 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Newspapers and Magazines
The Kansas question. Speech of Hon. Thomas Bocock, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives, March 8, 1858 8 March 1858 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Kansas. Constitution adopted by the convention held at Leavenworth 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet; Government document
Kanzas and the Constitution 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Ku Klux Klan to Abolitionist Charles Sumner with a threat unless he leaves Washington 18 February 1872 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
L. P. Wallace to Sarah Gibson regarding her health 17 July 1851 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck [New York] ca. 1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Artwork
Lafayette to William Wilberforce making inquiries on the slave trade in France and America 27 September 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
The Landmark of Freedom. Speech of hon. Charles Sumner against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery north of 36 30' 21 February 1854 Charles Sumner-related items Pamphlet
The landmark of freedom. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery north of 36 30' 21 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
Last Confederate printing of the Civil War in Texas 12 May 1865 Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides Broadside; Military document
The last moments of John Brown 1885 Documents Relating to the 1880s Artwork
Last three speeches on Kansas and freedom 7 February - 20 May 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
The Last Will & Testament of General George Washington 1800 Documents Relating to 1800 Pamphlet
Last will and testament freeing a slave 26 April 1708 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Legal document
Last will and testament of Henry Livingston (1753-1823) 21 March 1823 The Livingston Family Papers [107] 1818-1830 Legal document
Last will and testament of Henry W. Tabb 16 May 1860 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document; Legal document
Last will and testament of Philip Livingston 15 July 1748 The Livingston Family Papers [067] 1746-1748 Legal document
Last will and testament of Samuel Ewing 6 October 1819 Court documents from Fayette County, Kentucky, regarding the settlement of various estates Legal document
Last will and testament of William Cotton 4 February 1820 Court documents from Fayette County, Kentucky, regarding the settlement of various estates Legal document
Last written words of John Brown December 1859 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Miscellany
Law of Liberty, or, Royal Law, by which all mankind will certainly be judged! Earnestly recommended to the serious consideration of all slaveholders and slavedealers 1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Pamphlet
Laws and Information relating to Claims Against the Government of the United States 1866 Collection of Ethan A. Jenks, Company I, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers Pamphlet
The "Laws" of Kansas. Speech of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana. 21 June 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Learning is wealth. Wilson... [carte de visite promoting education of freedmen] 1864 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
"Leendert Conyn & Kiliaen Winne's oath about the Examination. . . 2 February 1715 The Livingston Family Papers [043] 1715 Legal document
Leg irons ca. 1861-1865 Civil War Objects from Gettysburg National Militay Park 360 Object
A legal argument before the Supreme Court of the state of New Jersey... for the deliverance of 4,000 persons from bondage 1845 Documents Relating to 1845 Pamphlet
Legal document concerning the confiscation of James Wright's property with an opinion 12 December 1784 Documents Relating to 1784 Legal document
Legal document concerning the confiscation of James Wright's property with an opinion by Lloyd Kenyon 13 March 1784 Documents Relating to 1784 Legal document
Legal document giving authorization to sell a slave named Marshall 7 February 1826 Documents Relating to 1826 Legal document
Legal Document on confiscation of slaves 28 March 1785 Documents Relating to 1785 Legal document
Legal document transferring a slave woman's ownership 5 February 1762 Documents Relating to 1754-1764 Legal document; Business and financial document
Lemuel Strong Pomeroy to N. R. Chapman regarding his attempt to visit the latter 27 June 1845 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Correspondence
Let crushed Cuba arise! Substance of the speech of Gerrit Smith, in Syracuse, July 4th 1873. 4 July 1873 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
Letter about avoiding conscription ... 21 August 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Letter books of Captain Joseph Foster Green of the USS Canandaigua 18 August 1862-11 September 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates Correspondence
Letter form James Madison to David Lenox, regarding the relief and protection of U.S. seamen 21 July 1801 Documents Relating to 1801 Correspondence; Government document
Letter from Alex M. Clark, writing of how he was taken prisoner at Shiloh and later paroled 7 March 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
[Letter from Daniel Dickinson regarding slavery] 18 March 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Letter from Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige regarding his personal possessions and politics 5 January 1846 Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster Correspondence
Letter from Frederick Douglass to Charles T. Congdon regarding reminiscences of Charles Sumner 2 March 1880 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
A letter from the Hon. Gerrit Smith, to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee, New York 14 February 1873 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt discussing the "pending revolution" and the neutrality of Kentucky 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Pamphlet
Letter from James Longstreet to Daniel H. Hill regarding pursuit of Union forces in Virginia 6 May 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
A letter from Peter Cooper to His Excellency Abraham Lincoln 21 October 1862 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Letter from William T. Sherman to Henry W. Slocum regarding Reconstruction 7 September 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
A letter in code from Rufus King to Timothy Pickering 9 November 1797 Documents Relating to 1797 Correspondence
Letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker 19 June 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Pamphlet
Letter of Gerrit Smith to S.P. Chase, on the unconstitutionality of every part of American slavery 1847 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Pamphlet
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of 27th day of March, 1862, in relation to the slave vessel the "Bark Augusta." March 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Pamphlet
Letter to the editor: England & the Boers n.d. Papers of George May Powell Correspondence
Letter to an English friend on the rebellion in the United States, and on British policy 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Pamphlet; Correspondence
Letter to Gerrit Smith [incomplete] discussing the upcoming Friends of Liberty Convention ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Correspondence
Letter to H.H. Rodgers 15 June 1864 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
Letter to their friend W. regarding their worry for him and opinion on slavery 19 February 1864 Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
A letter to Wm Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the subject of Impressment; calling on him and the philanthropists of this country ... 1816 Documents Relating to 1816 Pamphlet
Letter written by James Monroe about his business affairs and the profitability of his estate 24 April 1821 The Personal side of the Presidency: 32 letters and documents Correspondence
Letter written by a slave dealer 23 February 1833 Documents Relating to 1833 Correspondence
Letterbook of U.S.S. Isonomia East Gulf squadron from Oct 12th 1864 to Dec. 24th 1864 and U.S.S. Mohican N. Pacific squadron from Aug. 14th 1866 to June 1st 1867 12 October 1864-1 June 1867 Journals and log books of Edward Simpson Sr. and Edward Simpson Jr. Diary
Letters from a man of colour, on a late bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania ca. 1813 Documents Relating to 1813 Pamphlet
Letters from Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to James W. Hale, to Sarah W. Hale regarding several matters, including Sarah's visit 3 July 1832 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Letters on the equality of the sexes and the condition of woman 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Book
Levi Coffin to Jesse Stubbs regarding helping fugitive slaves escape (the Langford family) 21 February 1858 Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery Correspondence
Levi W. Norton to wife describing a visit to the Smithsonian Museum and to Alexandria 27 April 1862 Collection of Levi W. Norton Correspondence
Levi W. Norton to wife discussing Civil War news 5 September 1861 Collection of Levi W. Norton Correspondence
Levi W. Norton to wife regarding his appointment as chaplain, his health, and slaves he has seen 11 August 1861 Collection of Levi W. Norton Correspondence
Levin H. Iriving to William McBlair thanking the officers of the "Dale" for their help 10 January 1855 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Lewis H West to Harriet Moore reporting that he heard the news of the fall of Charleston 24 February 1865 Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina Correspondence
Lewis H West to Harriet Moore stating 'The men who vote in favor of slavery after the experience of the last few years, are only fit to be slaves themselves' [incomplete] 22 October 1864 Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina Correspondence
Lewis H West to Mary West reporting that he views himself as a radical abolitionist 17 November 1864 Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina Correspondence
Lewis H West to R. West describing what he discovered whilst surveying St Catherine's Bar 5 September 1864 Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina Correspondence
Lewis H. West to R. West stating that Charleston is greatly effected by the presence of Union ships 5 November 1861 Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina Correspondence
Lewis Tappan to Henry Wilson regarding emancipation 4 April 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Lewis Tappan to Mary Ann Jackson encouraging her to find subscribers for the American Missionary Association 13 January 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document
Lewis Tappan to Theodore Sedgwick discussing a letter from Roger Sherman Baldwin 3 September 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence
Liberated slaves following Sherman's Army: "With Massa Sherman" [pen and ink drawing] ca. 1864-1889 Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates Artwork
Liberator Extra issue 19 August 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Liberator Vol. 29 no. 49 (December 9, 1859) 9 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Newspapers and Magazines
Liberator Vol. 29, no. 50 (December 16, 1859) 16 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 15, no. 38, whole no. 766 (September 19, 1845)] 19 September 1845 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 16, no. 8, whole no. 789 (February 20, 1846)] 20 February 1846 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 32, no. 39 (September 26, 1862)] 26 September 1862 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 23 (June 7, 1839)] 7 June 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 25 (June 21, 1839)] 21 June 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 26 (June 28, 1839)] 28 June 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 28 (July 12, 1839)] 12 July 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 30 (July 26, 1839)] 26 July 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 33 (August 16, 1839)] 16 August 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 13, 1839)] 13 September 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 38 (September 20, 1839)] 20 September 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 44 (November 1, 1839)] 1 November 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 45 (November 8, 1839)] 8 November 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 48 (November 29, 1839)] 29 November 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 6 (February 8, 1839)] 8 February 1839 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. V, no. 42 (October 17, 1835)] 17 October 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)] 17 June 1864 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Liberty Almanac for 1847 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Pamphlet
Liberty Langford to Craig Langford extending the deadline to raise the money 30 November 1857 Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery Correspondence
Liberty Langford to Craig Langford negotiating sale of family to former slave 14 July 1857 Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery Correspondence
Liberty Langford to Craig Langford regarding the Kentucky master negotiating sale of family to former slave 24 June 1857 Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery Correspondence
Life and labor in the old south 1929 Documents Relating to the 1920s Book
Life and military achievements of Tousant Loverture 1804 Documents Relating to 1804 Pamphlet
The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey 1892 Documents Relating to the 1890s Book
The Lincoln catechism wherein the eccentricities and beauties of despotism are fully set forth 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Pamphlet
Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation ca. 1880-1890 Confederate war etchings Artwork
Linton S. Ingrahm writes to his former master, Alexander Hamilton Stephens 5 November 1876 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
List of monies, turned over to Capt. T. A. Walker, Superintendent of Freedmen, West Tennessee, on account of the Freedmen's Department. 10 February 1865 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
List of names, possibly related to an anti-slavery society ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany
List of people on a Turkish ship captured by U.S. Commodore Preble 21 May 1805 Tobias Lear papers Miscellany
List of Quartermaster's stores used at Memphis, Tennessee under the direction of T. A. Walker October 1863 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
List of slave names and values n.d. Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
List of slave names and values 1824 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
List of tasks or things to do 11 February - 19 April 1832 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
List of wood cutters employed on President's Island during September 1864 20 October 1864 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
List of Woodson Johnson's taxable property 21 June 1854 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Listing ports of call and cargoes of a Dutch ship [in Dutch] September 1858 William McBlair collection Business and financial document
Lithograph of Frederick Douglass ca. 1872-1874 Documents Relating to the 1870s Artwork
London credit account sheet of Dr. Hart Gibson and William Hoge & Co. 13 December 1856 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Business and financial document
The lost cause; a new southern history of the war of the confederates 1866 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 Book
Loty Van Valkenburgh to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh regarding loneliness and homesickness 12 November 1848 Letters and photographs of the Van Valkenburgh family of New York Correspondence
Louisiana Hart Gibson to her father Tobias Gibson regarding a land deal 9 November 1856 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence; Land transaction document
Louisville courier--extra. [no volume or number information (August 3, 1861)] 3 August 1861 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Lovejoy, Owen (1811-1864): In civilian suit, vignette bust portrait ca. 1861-1865 Cartes de visites Photograph
Luke F. Parsons to J. E. Boos discussing John Brown 26 March 1911 Documents Relating to the 1910s Correspondence
Luke Lyman to his parents informing them that they are well and have moved to Marion Country, Kentucky 8 December 1861 Lyman family letters Correspondence
"Luther's Hymn" 12 March 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Miscellany
Lysander Wheeler to his parents and sister mentioning slaves who pledge their support to the Union 5 October 1862 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, brother-in-law and sister discussing his opinion of negroes and emancipation 26 July 1863 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law commenting on food, the march to Savannah and the presence of slaves 18 December 1864 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law commenting on an illness, food and the journey from Savannah to South Carolina 22 January 1865 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law commenting on politics and complaining about Copperheads 14 September 1864 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law discussing desertion, runaway slaves and exhausting marches 4 February 1863 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law discussing an outbreak of smallpox, political chaplains and the ladies of Nashville 27 November 1863 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law mentioning the hanging of an elderly African-American man who was caught aiding rebels 6 June 1863 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law reporting the capture of Savannah, where they found abandoned supplies and slaves 23 December 1864 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law sharing his thoughts about slavery and southern cities upon visiting Atlanta 2 November 1864 - 3 November 1864 Collection of Lysander Wheeler Correspondence
M.B. Shepherd to John Winn discussing politics, including calls for the abolition of slavery 29 September 1846 Middlesex County Virginia documents Correspondence
Mahahla Doyle to John Brown regarding his death penalty 20 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Maine newspaper with full page announcement the pro-emancipation "State Liberty Convention" on 3-4 July 1845 June 1845 Documents Relating to 1845 Newspapers and Magazines
Maintain plighted faith: speech of Hon. S. P. Chase, of Ohio, in the Senate, February 3, 1854, against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery North of 36 30' 30 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
"The man is not bought!" May-June 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Broadside
Mansfield Lovell to Joseph Lovell regarding his opinion on the Emancipation Proclamation 30 October 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Manumission of Charlotte Robinson 19 July 1808 Middlesex County Virginia documents Government document
Manumission of a mulatto slave named Benjamin Harkimon (or Harkinson) 13 April 1813 Documents Relating to 1813 Legal document
Manumission of mulatto slave, Robert Cowley, from the estate of Peter Randolph 21 December 1785 Documents Relating to 1785 Business and financial document
Manumission of a slave 1 August 1791 - 2 January 1792 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Miscellany
Manumission of a slave named Beckey 19 July 1808 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Manumission of a slave named Jacob 19 July 1808 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Manumission of a slave named Maria 19 July 1808 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Manumission of a slave named Phoebe 19 July 1808 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Manumission of a slave named Reeves 19 July 1808 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Manumission of a slave named Robin 19 July 1808 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Marian Humphreys to Sallie regarding family matters n.d. Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette to Henry Knox about William Knox's health, military matters and the purchase of a plantation 12 June 1785 The Henry Knox Papers [0075] May-August 1785 Correspondence; Military document
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to unknown regarding news from La Grange [in French] 14 February 1826 Documents Relating to 1826 Correspondence
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, to unknown discussing lands he was granted in the Louisiana territory [in French] ca. 1 May 1805 Documents Relating to 1805 Correspondence; Land transaction document
Mark Valentine to Tobias Gibson regarding Martha Valentine's health and plantation business 4 May 1847 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
The Marquis de Lafayette to Mr. Bayley regarding his plan to liberate his slaves, colonization and personal matters 15 April 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Correspondence
The Marquis de Teissedre de Fleury to Henry Knox about matters relating to the siege of Yorktown 22 October 1781 The Henry Knox Papers [0034] October 1781 Correspondence; Military document
Martha Valentine to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding the confiscation of her estate 22 March 1846 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Martha Washington to Mrs. Mary S. Lear regarding Tobias Lear's health and the health of individuals at the Mount Vernon estate 11 November 1800 Tobias Lear papers Correspondence
Martin Smith to his mother discussing politics and the "divine institution" of slavery 20 December 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Martin Van Buren to Alonzo Christopher Paige discussing slavery 21 February 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Correspondence
Martyrdom of John Brown 2 December 1859 John Brown letter and broadside Broadside
Mary Ann Day Brown to Jason Brown and Ellen Brown regarding a memorial for their father's grave and family activities 15 January 1873 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
Mary Custis to Colonel Marshall regarding recording the life of her husband 3 December 1870 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
Mary Humphreys to her brother, Joseph Humphreys, regarding her schooling 24 May 1845 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Mary Humphreys to her brother, Joseph Humphreys, regarding her studies and a future visit 16 August 1845 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Mary Russell Mitford to Thomas Pringle about a trip to London 24 July 1834 Documents Relating to 1834 Correspondence
Massachusetts Congress "House No. 41" [slave case] February 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Pamphlet
Matthew Perry to Thomas T. Craven with orders to survey an anchorage 3 January 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence; Military document
Matthew Perry to Thomas Tingey Craven with instructions for suppressing the slave trade on the African coast 11 June 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence; Military document
Medal of Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation 1871 Documents Relating to the 1870s Object
Memo hiring negroes from the Thomas Winn estate ca. 1837 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Memorandum book of Paul Jones Semmes 26 June - 2 August 1852 Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry Diary; Business and financial document; Land transaction document
Memorial of the general assembly of Missouri, requesting that efforts be made by negotiation with the British government, to procure the restoration of fugitive slaves 16 February 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Government document
Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Memorial of the society of the District of Columbia for the colonization and civilization of Africa 22 March 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slave trade 27 May 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Pamphlet
A memorial to the Congress of the United States on the subject of restraining the increase of slavery in new states to be admitted into the Union 1819 Documents Relating to 1819 Pamphlet
Memorial to Congress, Adopted at a Meeting of Citizens at the Rooms of the Chamber of Commerce 18 January 1861 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Memories of Wendell Phillips. June 1894 Documents Relating to the 1890s Miscellany
Men and Women's Emancipation petitions ca. 1863 Charles Sumner-related items Non-governmental organization document
Message from the President in relation to co-operating with any State for the gradual abolishment of slavery. 6 March 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Pamphlet; Government document
Message from the President of the United States ... relating to the occupation of Amelia Island 26 March 1818 Documents Relating to 1818 Government document; Pamphlet
Message from the President of the United States and correspondence related to Africans taken in the Amistad [in English and Spanish] 15 April 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Pamphlet; Government document
Message from the President of the United States, to both houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the fifteenth Congress 2 December 1817 Documents Relating to 1817 Government document; Pamphlet
Message from the President of the United States, to both houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress 7 December 1824 Documents Relating to 1824 Government document; Pamphlet
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate… [in English and Spanish] 12 February 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Pamphlet; Government document
Message from the President of the United States... 20 January 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Pamphlet; Government document
Message from the President to Congress communicating Nathaniel Bank's General Order number 23 28 February 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Pamphlet
Message of the Governor of Ohio, to the fifty-second general assembly, at the adjorned session, commencing January 5, 1857 5 January 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet; Government document
Message of the Governor of Virginia, and accompanying documents 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Pamphlet
Message of the President of the United States regarding Kansas 23 December 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet; Government document
Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Pamphlet
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a constitution for Kansas as a State, and presenting his views in relation to the affairs of that Territory 2 February 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet; Government document
Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, papers in regard to the seizure of the American barque Panchita on the coast of Africa May 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Government document; Pamphlet
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, information concerning the recent search or seizure of American vessels by foreign armed cruisers in the Gulf of Mexico May 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Government document; Pamphlet
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the treaty between the U.S. and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade. 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Pamphlet; Government document
Message of the President. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America 7 November 1864 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
Message regarding governmental liability for the value of slaves who escaped while impressed 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Pamphlet; Government document
Micajah Crew on slavery and Quakers 20 May 1802 Documents Relating to 1802 Correspondence
Michael M. Miller to Lile Miller regarding the 'stain' of secessionist thoughts and his admiration for Abraham Lincoln 20 February 1862 Collection of letters from Michael M. Miller, K company, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves Correspondence
Millard Fillmore to Henry A. Davis regarding an anti slavery speech 27 April 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
Millard Fillmore to Solomon G. Haven regarding abolition and the election of 1840 21 January 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence
Millard Fillmore to Solomon Haven discussing the weather and political matters, in particular the abolition of slavery 16 January 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence
Milledge L. Bonham to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard discussing the unwillingness of plantation owners to send their slaves to the coast 24 April 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Milledge L. Bonham to James A. Seddon about the trial of slaves captured on James and Morris Island 4 October 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Minutes of an Anti-Slavery Society meeting, related to the formation of the Liberty Party ca. 1840-1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Minutes Of The Proceedings Of A Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States... 1794 Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Minutes of the proceedings of the second convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States, assembled at Philadelphia, on the seventh day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and continued, by adjournments, until the fourteenth day of the same month, inclusive 1795 Documents Relating to 1795 Pamphlet
Minutes of the proceedings of the second convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States... 1795 Documents Relating to 1795 Pamphlet
Minutes of the proceedings of the third convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States, assembled at Philadelphia on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive. 1796 Documents Relating to 1796 Pamphlet
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Thirteenth American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery... 13 January 1812 Documents Relating to 1812 Non-governmental organization document; Pamphlet
Mississippi cotton plantation diary and journal ca. 1850-1855 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Diary
Modern "Democracy," the ally of slavery. Speech of Hon. M. W. Tappan of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, July 29, 1856 29 July 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Montage of lawmakers who voted "aye" for the Thirteenth Amendment ca. 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Photograph
Montgomery Blair to Francis S. Corkran concerning an article and speech on slavery 14-17 April 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage 31 December 1863 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Morris Weiner to Sylvia Weiner 05 February 1949 The Weiner Collection Correspondence
Mr. Sumner's Lecture on White Slavery in the Barbary States 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet
Mr. Upham's speech on the extension of slavery: together with the ordinance of 1787 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Pamphlet
Mr. Webster's speech at Marshfield, Mass. Delivered September 1, 1848, and the speech on the Oregon Bill, delivered in the United States Senate, August 12, 1848. 12 August 1848 - 1 September 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet
Mrs. Burritt's defense of her husband; first published in the Southern recorder, Milledgeville, Geo. August 14, 1830 ca. 1830 Christian discipline, and anti-slavery broadsides Broadside
My life in the south 1889 Documents Relating to the 1880s Pamphlet
Names and addresses of a John Brown collector and two others n.d. Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Miscellany
Names for Males n.d. Collection of Woodson Johnson Miscellany
Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Pamphlet
A narrative of Soujourner Truth; a bondswoman of olden time, emancipated by the New York Legislature in the early part of the present century... 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Book
Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America 1845 Documents Relating to 1845 Pamphlet
Nashville daily union. [Vol. 1, no. 226 (January 2, 1863)] 2 January 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Nathan Bedford Forrest to William H. Seward re: accepting the conditions of his pardon 6 August 1868 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Nathaniel Lyon to unknown discussing tension in Kansas 9 October 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 18, whole no. 486 (September 27, 1849)] 27 September 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 20, whole no. 488 (October 11, 1849)] 11 October 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 23, whole no. 491 (November 1, 1849)] 1 November 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 24, whole no. 492 (November 8, 1849)] 8 November 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 25, whole no. 493 (November 15, 1849)] 15 November 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 26, whole no. 494 (November 22, 1849)] 22 November 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 29, whole no. 497 (December 13, 1849)] 13 December 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 31, whole no. 499 (December 27, 1849)] 27 December 1849 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 35, whole no. 503 (January 24, 1850)] 24 January 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 40, whole no. 508 (February 28, 1850)] 28 February 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 41, whole no. 509 (March 7, 1850)] 7 March 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 43, whole no. 511 (March 21, 1850)] 21 March 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 46, whole no. 514 (April 11, 1850)] 11 April 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 48, whole no. 516 (April 25, 1850)] 25 April 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 50, whole no. 518 (May 9, 1850)] 9 May 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 51, whole no. 519 (May 16, 1850)] 16 May 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 52, whole no. 520 (May 23, 1850)] 23 May 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 12, whole no. 532 (August 15, 1850)] 15 August 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 14, whole no. 534 (August 29, 1850)] 29 August 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 15, whole no. 535 (September 5, 1850)] 5 September 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 16, whole no. 536 (September 12, 1850)] 12 September 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 18, whole no. 538 (September 26, 1850)] 26 September 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 22, whole no. 542 (October 24, 1850)] 24 October 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 24, whole no. 544 (November 7, 1850)] 7 November 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 28, whole no. 548 (December 5, 1850)] 5 December 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 29, whole no. 549 (December 12, 1850)] 12 December 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 34, whole no. 554 (January 16, 1851)] 16 January 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 35, whole no. 555 (January 23, 1851)] 23 January 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 39, whole no. 559 (February 20, 1851)] 20 February 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 42, whole no. 562 (March 13, 1851)] 13 March 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 44, whole no. 564 (March 27, 1851)] 27 March 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 45, whole no. 565 (April 3, 1851)] 3 April 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 47, whole no. 567 (April 17, 1851)] 17 April 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 7, whole no. 527 (July 11, 1850)] 11 July 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 8, whole no. 528 (July 18, 1850)] 18 July 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 9, whole no. 529 (July 25, 1850)] 25 July 1850 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 12, no. 4, whole no. 576 (June 19, 1851)] 19 June 1851 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 22, no. 9, whole no. 1,101 (July 13, 1861)] 13 July 1861 Collection of abolitionist newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
National Gazette & Literary Register. [Vol 12, no. 1639 (September 3, 1831)] 3 September 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Newspapers and Magazines
National Intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849) 25 January 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Newspapers and Magazines
National Liberty Party: at the National Liberty Party Convention, held in Syracuse September 30th, 1852, the following resolutions reported by Gerrit Smith, as chairman of the Business Committee, were unanimously adopted... October 1852 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Government document
National politics: Speech of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, delivered at the Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb 27, 1860. 1860 Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 Pamphlet
A nation's sorrow. A sermon preached on the Sabbath after the assassination of president Lincoln, in the Central Congregational Church, Providence, April 15, 1865 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Neal Dow to C. C. Leigh regarding finding a servant girl and the Civil War 26 February 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner... 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner... 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
The Negro forget-me-not songster, the only work published, containing all the Negro songs, that have ever appeared 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Book
Neil Brown to a cousin about abolitionists and free blacks 16 November 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Correspondence
Nellie Norton: or, Southern slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural refutation of the principal arguments upon which the abolitionists rely. A vindication of Southern slavery from the Old and New Testaments. 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Book
Nelson Allyn to Joseph Allyn describing events following Nat Turner's rebellion 25 September 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Correspondence
Nelson Paschal Smith to Henry Knox about a missing servant 27 June 1782 The Henry Knox Papers [0043] June 1782 Correspondence
Nelson Pierce to his friends, regarding the camp, weather and the regiment's movements n.d. Lyman family letters Correspondence
The New Haven memorial to the President, protesting against the use of the United-States army to enforce the bogus laws of Kansas; The Answer of President Buchanan; and The Reply of the Memorialists ca. August 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet
The New Orleans riot. Its official history. 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
The New South. [Vol.1, no. 52 (September 5, 1863)] 5 September 1863 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
New York Colonization Society certificate of membership for Alexander Fraser 26 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Non-governmental organization document
New York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6067 (October 4, 1860)] 4 October 1860 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The New York Herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)] 15 September 1861 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
New York Quakers Circular 7 February 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
New York Times and Commercial Intelligencer Vol. 3, no. 472 20 September 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Newspapers and Magazines
New York Times Vol. IX, no. 2541 11 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Newspapers and Magazines
New York Tribune. [Vol. 24, no. 7,249 (June 29, 1864)] 29 June 1864 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 5507 (December 15, 1858)] 15 December 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Newspapers and Magazines
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)] 3 January 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)] 3 January 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3432 (September 23, 1862)] 23 September 1862 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The New-York Times. [Vol. 13, no. 3931 (April 29, 1864)] 29 April 1864 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4251 (May 11, 1865)] 11 may 1865 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
New-York Weekly Journal Vol. 932, no. 19 11 March 1733 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Newspapers and Magazines
New-York Weekly Journal. [Vol. 933, no. 80 (May 19, 1735)] 19 May 1735 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Newspapers and Magazines
New-York Weekly Tribune [Vol. 17, no. 877 (July 3, 1858)] 3 July 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Newspapers and Magazines
Newman Hall to W.R. Cremer commenting on a possible war and his view that the Civil War was justifiable ca. 1869-1872 Documents Spanning Decades Correspondence
Nicholas A. Dederer to Peter B. Rathbone, listing his duties, including distributing clothing to contrabands 20 February 1863 Collection of Nicholas A. Dederer, E company, 114th regiment, New York, infantry Correspondence
Niles' Weekly Register Vol. 2, no. 14-15 5-12 June 1824 Documents Relating to 1824 Newspapers and Magazines
No slavery in Nebraska: no slavery in the nation: slavery an outlaw. Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill. 6 April 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Non-Interference by Congress with slavery in the territories 15-16 May 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet; Government document
Norborne Boteourt re: authorizing justices in Charlotte Co. to execute slaves for capital offenses 2 May 1770 Documents Relating to 1765-1774 Government document; Legal document
North Carolina arrest warrant for slave stealing food 30 April 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Legal document
North Carolina Presbyterian. [Vol. 6, no. 40 (October 3, 1863)] 3 October 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
North Carolina Times. [Vol. 1, no. 47 (June 29, 1864)] 29 June 1864 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
North Star [Vol. 1, no. 13 (March 24, 1848)] 24 March 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Newspapers and Magazines
North Star Vol. 1, no. 16 (April 14, 1848) 14 April 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Newspapers and Magazines
A note about the purchase of a blade ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
A note about a weapon ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
A note discussing the event where the defendant was captured ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
A note explaining the use of reasonable doubt ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Note from Charles Sumner to Henry E. Rees on the necessity to stop slavery 20 December 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Correspondence
Note from John Brown to Aaron D. Stevens with a quote from Solomon 2 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Note naming price for a slave girl 18 October 1852 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
A note referring to the jury ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
A note referring to the jury ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
A note regarding a runaway slave ca. 1858-1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
A note regarding runaway slaves ca. 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Note written by Henry Knox certifying Romeo Smith's status as a freeman 9 January 1784 The Henry Knox Papers [0071] January-March 1784 Military document
Notes on division in President Lincoln's cabinet over the issue of emancipation 1873-1874 Documents Relating to the 1870s Book; Miscellany
Notes on the State of Virginia (George Washington's copy) 12 November 1794 Documents Relating to 1794 Book
Notes on the state of Virginia. Written by Thomas Jefferson 1787 Documents Relating to 1787 Book
Notes on witness statements in the Amistad case, made by Holabird, United States District Attorney for Connecticut January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Notes pertaining to anti-slavery ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany
Notice for the enlistment and impressment of slaves into military service 31 January 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence; Military document
Notice regarding runaway servants 27 September 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Broadside
Nullification and compromise; a retrospective view 1863 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Number of church members who hold slaves in the United States ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany
Oath of allegiance 7 August 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Military document
Observations composed in journal form by soldier, 47th Ohio volunteer Infantry. 1 May 1863 - 30 June 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Offering of bells to be cast into cannon ca. 1880-1890 Confederate war etchings Artwork
Office of Board of Claims for slaves enlisted in U. S. service 20 September 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 25 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 27 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 27 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 25 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] 26 June 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Business and financial document
Oliver Edwards to Eunice Lombard Edwards regarding the attitude of civilians towards the Confederates 13 January 1863 Collection of letters from Oliver Edwards, field and staff, 37th regiment, Massachusetts infantry, to his mother, Eunice Lombard Edwards Correspondence
Oliver Edwards to Eunice Lombard Edwards regarding the need for young men to fight and his stance on the abolition of slavery 13 January 1863 Collection of letters from Oliver Edwards, field and staff, 37th regiment, Massachusetts infantry, to his mother, Eunice Lombard Edwards Correspondence
Oliver Otis Howard to Charles Ellicoch sharing his favorite hymn 16 September 1901 Documents Relating to the 1900s Correspondence
Oliver Otis Howard to J. Bok about receiving the Beecher Memorial and refusing to write an anticipatory obituary 8 March 1888 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Oliver Wolcott to Andrew Adams regarding a letter to Jacob Bogardus October 1779 Documents Relating to 1779 Correspondence
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Let every Voter Examine and Judge for Himself! 25 October 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Broadside
One Hundred Dollars Reward. Shall extension of slavery be prohibited? [election] 25 October 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Broadside
The Opelousas Courier, vol. 11, no. 23 24 April 1863 Selection of Confederate Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 20 (October 15, 1864)] 15 October 1864 Collection of Confederate wallpaper newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Opinion of Attorney General Bates on citizenship 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Pamphlet; Government document
Opinion of Chief Justice Moses... Negro Bond Case 1871 Documents Relating to the 1870s Pamphlet
The opinion of Justice Peter V. Daniel of the United States Supreme Court in the famous Dred Scott case 7 March 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Legal document
The opinions of Abraham Lincoln, upon slavery and its issues 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Pamphlet
An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Pamphlet
Oration delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester 5 July 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Pamphlet
Order to search for A kidnapped slave 3 December 1722 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Government document; Legal document
Ordering the appraisal of slaves 28 April 1800 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Ordering the appraisal of slaves 26 July 1802 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Orders for transport of the Amistad captives 7 January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
An ordinance prohibiting slavery in the State of North Carolina. 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Original painted photograph of Abolitionist, John Brown, inscribed by Brown to his children 18 June 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Photograph
Ought American slavery be perpetuated? A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Book
Our Protection, Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave Children from New Orleans. 1860 Cartes de visites Photograph
Owen Brown to Alexander M. Ross discussing general news 3 April 1878 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Owen Lovejoy to Edwin D. Morgan recommending J. H. Bolles for a position in the 53rd New York Regiment of D'Epineuil Zouaves 21 February 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
The Palmetto Herald. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (March 17, 1864)] 17 March 1864 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Papers on the slave power, first published in the "Boston Whig" 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Book
Papers related to the Garrison mob 1870 Documents Relating to the 1870s Pamphlet
Paperwork for the case of Richard Cromwell v. John Shotts ca. 1802 Documents Relating to 1802 Legal document
Pardon of John Arthur Bowen for felony 27 June 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Legal document
Pardon of Nathan B. Forrest for rebellion. 17 July 1868 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Pardon of Robert Baker for engaging in the slave trade 30 March 1846 Documents relating to Presidential Pardons Government document; Legal document
Parker Pillsbury to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting in Lexington 28 January 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
Passage through Baltimore ca. 1880-1890 Confederate war etchings Artwork
Paterson Daily Guardian [Vol. VI, no. 934 (November 22, 1859)] 22 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Newspapers and Magazines
Paterson Daily Guardian Vol. VI, no. 905 19 October 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Newspapers and Magazines
Patrick Henry to John J. Pettus about fears of a slave uprising in Rankin County 5 August 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Patrick Kilroy to Sir 23 September 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Patrick Noble to George R. Gilman, Governor of Georgia, regarding the crisis over fugitive slaves and Prigg vs. Pennsylvania 4 September 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Correspondence
Patrol for January 1856 January 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Military document
Paul Jones Semmes to Emily J. Semmes on family news and their correspondence 29 October 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Pay and Muster roll with wages for former slaves May 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Military document
Pay warrant for African American soldier 1 June 1782-1789 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Business and financial document; Military document
Payment for slaves. Speech of Mr. J. R. Giddings, of Ohio, on the bill to pay the heirs of Antonio Pacheco for a slave sent west of the Mississippi with the Seminole Indians in 1838... 28 December 1848 - 6 January 1849 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet
Payment from Thomas Flucker to Edward How 9 May 1773 The Henry Knox Papers [0006] January-May 1773 Business and financial document
Peace if possible -- Justice at any rate 1811-1884 Letters and documents of Wendell Phillips Miscellany
Pennsylvania Gazette 19 September 1787 Documents Relating to 1787 Newspapers and Magazines
Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser. [No. 1674 (January 4, 1774) - no. 1725 (December 27, 1775)] [with gaps] 4 January 1774 - 27 December 1775 Documents Relating to 1775 Newspapers and Magazines
The Pennsylvania Magazine, or, American Monthly Museum 1775-1776 Documents Relating to 1776 Newspapers and Magazines
Pennsylvania Packet 12 September 1780 Documents Relating to 1780 Newspapers and Magazines
Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser Vol. 3, no. 117 17 January 1774 Documents Relating to 1765-1774 Newspapers and Magazines
The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser No. 2763 13 December 1787 Documents Relating to 1787 Newspapers and Magazines
The Pennsylvania Packet, or, the General Advertiser [No. 686 (December 6, 1780)] 6 December 1780 Documents Relating to 1780 Newspapers and Magazines
The people's press. [Vol. 14, no. 29 (November 17, 1864)] 17 November 1864 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Permission for slaves to work for their own profit 1 July 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Legal document
Personal Liberty Bill March 1859 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Government document
Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and four months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the Schooner Pearl 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Book
Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and fours months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the Schooner Pearl 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Book
Peter Moore to Charles Mettler discussing his time on a steamer, a smallpox epidemic among soldiers and his dedication to freeing the slaves 17 February 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Peter Robert Livingston to his father, Robert Livingston re: further frustration with the DeLancey's 20 April 1770 The Livingston Family Papers [079] 1770 Correspondence
Petition for the emancipation of Fanny and Patsy Woodson ca. 1824 Documents Relating to 1845 Legal document
Petition from James Rickey to Henry Knox asking to set up a liquor store in his garrison 4 September 1782 The Henry Knox Papers [0046] September 17822 Correspondence; Business and financial document
Petition of Antonio Vela ca. 1828 Documents Relating to 1828 Legal document
Petition of a free black to become a slave of Edward D. Martin 20 March 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Legal document
Petition of a free black to become a slave of a master of her choice May 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Legal document
Petition of a free black to become a slave of W.C. Lewis 4 October 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Legal document
Petition of a free black woman to become a slave of Jefferson S. Nash ca. 27 October 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Business and financial document
Petition of freeman wrongly enslaved by Samuel P. Hargrove 4 August 1818 Documents Relating to 1818 Legal document
Petition of inhabitants of Scipio and Venice to the Congress of the United States 23 January 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence; Government document; Legal document
The Petition of Michael Theyser of the City of New York, Innkeeper 12 April 1764 Stamp Act Congress: 23 letters and documents by members Legal document
Petition regarding slaves 16 October 1807 Documents Relating to 1807 Miscellany
Petition to Governor John White Geary 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Non-governmental organization document
Philander Smith to Jedediah Smith regarding family matters and Aaron Burr's arrest April 1807 Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr Correspondence
Philip Anthony to Ford, Heath & Company regarding finance, trade and transport 9 March 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Correspondence
Philip Livingston to Dirk van Veghten Junior. re: poor trade with Jamaica 14 July 1735 The Livingston Family Papers [061] 1730-1736 Correspondence
Philip Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request for a female slave 3 May 1717 The Livingston Family Papers [045] January-May 1717 Correspondence
Philip Livingston to Robert Livingston re: sending down a slave 15 May 1745 The Livingston Family Papers [066] 1743-1745 Correspondence
Philip Livingston to Robert Livingston re: slow trade and a shortage of money 13 April 1713 The Livingston Family Papers [039] January-April 1713 Correspondence
Photograph accompanying letter by John Kagi ca. 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Artwork
Photograph featuring an elderly woman n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph featuring three "slave children" wrapped in flags 1864 Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph from an engraving of an unidentified man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz 1861 Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of Colonel Robert G. Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Regiment n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring Fitz-Greene Halleck n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring George Washington n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring John A. Andrew n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring Martha Washington n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring of John Brown n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring Robert Burns n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring an unidentified old man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving featuring an unidentified woman n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving of Alexander von Humboldt n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving of John Bright n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving of a man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving of Rosa Bonheur n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving of an unidentified older man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an engraving of an unidentified woman n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lyman Beecher and Henry Ward Beecher n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of James Russell Lowell n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of John Browned signed commission for Harpers Ferry 1 March 1860 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Miscellany
Photograph of Ormsby M. Mitchel n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of poet, William Cullen Bryant n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of Rebecca, a "slave girl" from New Orleans 1863 Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an unidentified man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an unidentified man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an unidentified man in civilian dress n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of an unidentified young man n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of Washington Irving 1862 Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of William Fessenden n.d. Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Photograph of William Lloyd Garrison ca. 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Photograph
A photographic montage of lawmakers who voted aye for the Thirteenth Amendment 31 January 1865 [after] Documents Relating to the 1860s Photograph
Photographic portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, signed 30 June 1895 Documents Relating to the 1890s Photograph
Photographic portrait of Sojourner Truth 1864 Album of abolitionist cartes de visite Photograph
Pictures of slavery in church and state; including personal reminiscences, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. etc. with an appendix, containing the views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on slavery 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Book
Pierce Butler to James Monroe [?] regarding the recovery of his slaves and request for claims from war 23 June 1815 Documents Relating to 1815 Correspondence; Business and financial document
Pierre G. T. Beauregard to Governor Bonham replying to complaints about idle slaves 29 April 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery July 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Broadside
Plantation Book 1 January 1839 - 24 April 1858 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Book; Business and financial document
Plea from Peter Kiteredge to the selectmen of Medfield 26 April 1806 Documents Relating to 1806 Correspondence
Poem entitled 'We are going Home' ca. 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Miscellany
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral 1773 Documents Relating to 1765-1774 Book
Poetic tribute to Charles Sumner 31 March 1875 Documents Relating to the 1870s Miscellany
Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Broadside
The political economy of slavery; or, the institution considered in regard to its influence on public wealth and the general welfare 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet
A political text-book for 1860: Comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections: ... 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
Popular sovereignty in the territories. The dividing line between federal and local authority 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Popular Sovereignty in the Territories: Judge Douglas in Reply to Judge Black October 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Portait of William L. Garrison ca. 1861-1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Photograph
A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery 1817 Documents Relating to 1817 Book
Post-war plantation diary and journal of Mississippi cotton planter 1865-1869 Documents Relating to the 1860s Diary
[Postcard with portrait of Frederick Douglass] ca.1880-1889 Documents Relating to the 1880s Photograph
Poster advertising 'Great Sale of Land, Negroes, Corn & Other Property!' 24 November 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Postscript to the Freeman's Journal 21 September 1781 Documents Relating to 1781 Broadside
Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's tent ca. 1880-1890 Confederate war etchings Artwork
Preamble and resolution adopted by the Pennsylvania Abolition Society 13 April 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Non-governmental organization document
Presence Flucker to Henry Knox about a negro belonging to Mr. Flucker 4 November 1786 The Henry Knox Papers [0078] September-December 1786 Correspondence
Prices of imports from the West Indies October 1725 The Livingston Family Papers [057] September-December 1725 Business and financial document
Print of Peter V. Daniel n.d. Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Artwork
Printed bill of sale for a slave named Joe 31 December 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Business and financial document
Printed bill of sale for a slave named John 6 June 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Business and financial document
Printed bill of sale for a slave named Lee 29 December 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Business and financial document
Printed bill of sale for a slave named Tom 27 December 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Business and financial document
Printed bill of sale for a slave named Washington 30 December 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Business and financial document
Printed biography mentioning the Langford story ca. 1860 Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery Miscellany
Printed circular letter from Wendell Philips to Charles T. Beach regarding anti-slavery 23 October 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Printed fundraising document for the Amistad captives September 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Non-governmental organization document
Printed resolution from William Hendricks to John Andrew Shulze opposing an amendment to the United States Constitution 3-5 February 1825 Documents Relating to 1825 Government document
Private signals 1857 William McBlair collection Military document
Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at its third decade, held in the City of Philadelphia, Dec. 3d and 4th, 1863. 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
Proceedings of the bench and bar of Baltimore, upon the occasion of the death of the Hon. Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Pamphlet
Proceedings of the Colonization Society of the city of New York... [Liberia] 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Pamphlet
Proceedings Of The Fourth Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States… 1797 Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of Providence 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Proceedings Of The Second Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States… 1795 Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Proceedings Of The Third Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States… 1796 Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Proceedings of the United States Senate on the Fugitive Slave Bill - the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia - and the imprisonment of free colored seamen in the Southern ports 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet; Government document
Proclamation establishing a provisional government in North Carolina 12 June 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
The Progress of slavery in the United States 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Book
Promissory note from Oliver Brown 3 February 1841 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Business and financial document
Promissory note from Samuel Ware to the estate of George Garrett 5 August 1809 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Proof of slave ownership 29 March 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Business and financial document
Prophetic Daniel Webster! ca. 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Broadside
Prospectus of "The North and South." ca. 29 April 1858 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Newspapers and Magazines
Protection of Freedmen: Actual Condition of the Rebel States. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts ... 20 December 1865 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Pamphlet; Government document
Purchase of a slave named Kate and her three children by a manumitted slave 30 November 1803 Documents Relating to 1803 Business and financial document
Quaker Manumission 28 January 1777 Documents Relating to 1777 Legal document
The Quarterly Law Journal, vol IV, No 3, [163] - 202. July 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Queen Victoria to the Duchess of Sutherland about 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', the death of Wellington, and other friends and family 29 October 1852 Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe Correspondence
Queries Respecting the Introduction, Progress and Abolition of Slavery in Massachusetts 17 February 1795 Documents Relating to 1795 Broadside
Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ 4 October 1892 Documents Relating to the 1890s Miscellany
Quotation of Charles Sumner on equality 16 October 1869 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Miscellany
Quotation of Charles Sumner on freedom 11 February 1864 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Miscellany
Quotation of Charles Sumner on liberty ca. 1860 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Miscellany
Quotation of Charles Sumner on liberty 13 March 1860 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Miscellany
Quotation of Charles Sumner on the struggle to end slavery 18 May 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Miscellany
R. Higgins to Tobias Gibson regarding his marriage and the death of Tobias' wife, Louisiana 14 December 1857 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
R.E. Caffrey to Joseph Humphreys regarding the Mexican War 22 July 1845 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
R.E. Caffrey to Joseph Humphreys regarding a trip to Last Island in the Gulf of Mexico 12 November 1846 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Ralph Waldo Emerson to Mr. Laighton about a memorial service 20 August 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Randall Lee Gibson to his father Tobias Gibson discussing the amount of sugar being sold by the plantation 23 February 1861 Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. Correspondence
Randall Lee Gibson to his father Tobias Gibson regarding the crops at Live Oaks and Greenwood plantations 16 September 1858 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Randall Lee Gibson to his father, Tobias Gibson, regarding his education 26 February 1852 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Randall Lee Gibson to his sister, Sarah Gibson, regarding their father and his well being 6 November 1851 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Rawleigh B. Green to William Green regarding Texas land deals 3 April 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Correspondence
Rawley Johnson to father and family 11 February 1853 Collection of Woodson Johnson Correspondence
Read and ponder the Fugitive Slave Law! 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Broadside
Read and reflect! 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Reading the Emancipation Proclamation 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Artwork
The Rear of the Column 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
Rebecca, An emancipated slave from New Orleans [carte de visite] 1863 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
Receipt for $110 for the hire of slave Jim Smith 22 December 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Business and financial document
Receipt for $25 related to the manumission of Frederick Douglass 12 December 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Business and financial document
Receipt for 50 pounds 22 August 1775 Documents Relating to 1775 Business and financial document
Receipt for bail money paid January 1851 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Business and financial document
Receipt for Bayleys Lymus 14 April 1847 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for bill of exchange 13 June 1795 Documents Relating to 1795 Business and financial document
Receipt for boarding a slave in jail 21 December 1837 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for corn 18 May 1864 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Receipt for John Winn for payment of services related to slaves ca. 1832 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for medical services performed on a slave 4 November 1830 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for payment for a slave named Eliza 4 February 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Business and financial document
Receipt for payment of wages 17 November 1809 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Business and financial document
Receipt for the purchase of a shovel and spade 31 May 1865 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Receipt for purchase of slave 13 February 1854 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Business and financial document
Receipt for the purchase of a slave named David 19 June 1853 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for the purchase of a slave named John 2 September 1857 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for purchase of slave named Ward 2 January 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Business and financial document
Receipt for Rawley Johnson 10 April 1857 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for the sale of a female slave 14 June 1794 Documents Relating to 1794 Business and financial document
Receipt for the sale of a slave 21 August 1807 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for sale of slaves 20 November 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Business and financial document
Receipt for the sale of three slaves 13 July 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Business and financial document
Receipt for the sale of two slave girls 1 January 1822 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for seventy five dollars and return of a slave 2 November 1830 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for "slave shoes" 8 October 1825 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for slave-catching services 5 August 1786 Documents Relating to 1786 Business and financial document
Receipt for three slaves 12 January 1831 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Receipt for Woodson Johnson 15 June 1829 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for Woodson Johnson 1 September 1834 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for Woodson Johnson 21 October 1833 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for Woodson Johnson 19 March 1840 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for Woodson Johnson's county, slave, land and horse taxes n.d. Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for Woodson Johnson's county, slave, land and horse taxes 17 August 1829 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt for Woodson Johnson's county, slave, land and horse taxes 19 August 1833 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt from Samuel Adair 21 August 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Business and financial document
Receipt of funds from the Freedmen Department 17 October 1864 Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis Business and financial document
Receipt of money paid for a servant 16 May 1780 The Henry Knox Papers [0022] January-June 1780 Military document
Receipt of pardon form. [N. B. Forrest] 10 August 1868 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Receipt of payment for a slave named Delia 4 January 1858 Documents Relating to 1835 Business and financial document
Receipt of sale for a slave 1 April 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Business and financial document
Receipt or part of a letter at one point 30 May 1865 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Receipt regarding a slave named John 1 October 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Military document
Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii [New Netherland - New York] 1730 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Map
Reconstruction broadside 1893 Documents Relating to the 1890s Broadside
Reconstruction era freedmen labor contract 28 February 1867 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Reconstruction leaflet denouncing the Freedman's Bureau and supporting Andrew Johnson 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
The record of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham on abolition, the Union and the Civil War. 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Book
A Record of the Proceedings of the Executive Committee of the Hamilton County Anti-Slavery Society 1840-1842 Documents Relating to 1841 Non-governmental organization document
Record of sermons 25 February 1854-25 March 1854 25 February - 25 March 1854 Collection of Woodson Johnson Non-governmental organization document
Record of sermons from 24 October 1854-25 December 1854 24 October - 25 December 1854 Collection of Woodson Johnson Non-governmental organization document
Record of Woodson Johnson's account having been paid in full n.d. Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
The Record. [Vol. 1, no. 11 (August 27, 1863)] 27 August 1863 The Record Newspapers and Magazines
Recruitment flyer encouraging the enlistment of black troops 27 June 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Redeemed slave child baptized by Henry Ward Beecher [carte de visite] 1863 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
Redeeming slaves and concluding peace with Tripoli [Algiers] 5 February 1680 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Exploration and Settlement Correspondence
Regulations for the government of Negroes and plantations. 3 February 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Pamphlet; Military document; Government document
The Rejected stone: or insurrection vs. resurrection in America. By a native of Virginia 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Book
Relations of states. Speech of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 7th, 1860, on the resolutions submitted by him on 1st of March, 1860. ca. 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
The "Reliable Contraband" 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
Religion of reason, no. 4. The one test of character. A discourse by Gerrit Smith, in Peterboro, July twenty-second, 1860. 1860 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Pamphlet
Remarks of Henry B. Stanton in the Representatives Hall... on the subject of slavery 23-24 February 1837 Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives Pamphlet
Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision. Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, June 12th, 1857 12 June 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet
Remarks of Mr. Clay of Kentucky, on introducing his propositions to compromise on the slavery question 29 January 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr. Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations on the proposed removal of Edward G. Loring, Esq. from the Office of Judge of Probate 5 March 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Pamphlet
Remarks on the slavery question, in a letter to Jonathan Phillips Esq. 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Book
Remittitur of the forfeiture of the sloop Nun to master Winthrop S. Baker, whose ship was seized for importing slaves 14 June 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Government document
The rendition of Anthony Burns. Its causes and consequences. A discourse on Christian politics, delivered in Williams Hall, Boston, on Whitsunday, June 4, 1854 4 June 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
A reply to the "Bible View of Slavery, by J.H. Hopkins, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont": criticizes the essay by Bishop Hopkins which condones slavery 1863 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Report accompanying bill no. 23, regarding admission of Kansas to the Union 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Report adopted by the Legislature of Georgia on the resolutions of South Carolina and Ohio ... 14 January 1829 Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis Government document; Pamphlet
Report From the County of Madison 13 November 1843 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
A report from John Winn to Richard H. Field in response to a complaint against John Winn and others 5 January 1837 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
A report from Porter Cleveland and Frances Winn Cleveland to Richard H. Field in response to a complaint against John Winn and others 2 September 1835 Middlesex County Virginia documents Legal document
Report of the committee on the judiciary. Relative to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and in relation to the colored population of this country. 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Pamphlet
Report of the committee on territories, on "A bill to authorize the people of the territory of Kansas to form a constitution and state government... 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Message as relates to the introduction of slaves from Amelia Island 10 January 1818 Documents Relating to 1818 Government document
A report of the debates and proceedings of the convention of the state of New York; held at the capital, in the city of Albany, on the 28th Day of August, 1821 November 1821 Documents Relating to 1821 Pamphlet; Government document
Report of the Holden slave case, tried at the January term of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Worcester, A.D. 1839 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Pamphlet
Report of the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on the Harpers Ferry Outrages 26 January 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
Report of the minority of the Special Committee of Seven, to whom was referred so much of his late Excellency's message no. 1, as relates to slavery and the slave trade 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet
Report of prisoners confind on board U.S ship Dale 5 July 1858 William McBlair collection Military document
Report of the select committee on slavery, the Dred Scott decision, and the action of the Federal Government thereon, submitted Thursday, Nov. 18, 1858 18 November 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet
Report of target practice on board the U.S.S. Dale 31 August - 3 September 1858 William McBlair collection Military document
Report on evacuating contrabands 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Government document
Report on the invasion at Harper's Ferry 15 June 1860 Documents Relating to 1859 Government document; Book
Report respecting the valuation of lands, lots, dwellings and slaves in Pennsylvania 1816 Documents Relating to 1816 Pamphlet
Report submitted by Senator Charles Sumner calling for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Pamphlet
A request for a writ de homine replegiando 18 March 1799 Documents Relating to 1799 Legal document
Resolution calling the Baptist Church to officially oppose American slavery ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Resolution of a church refusing to receive slaveholders in the pulpit or communion ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Resolution of the legislature of Missouri, declaring, in their opinion, that Congress has no power to appropriate moneys to aid the American Colonization Society 19 February 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Government document; Pamphlet
Resolution of the legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to slavery 19 February 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet; Government document
Resolution of the legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the extension of slavery 19 February 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet; Government document
Resolution of the State of Maine, signed by Albion Keith Parris, sent to John Andrew Shulze 26 February 1824 Documents Relating to 1824 Government document
Resolution regarding accounting for slaves taken by British during war 9 August 1786 Documents Relating to 1786 Government document; Military document; Business and financial document
Resolution regarding the licentious principles of slavery ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Resolutions endorsing the recent proclamation and order of the President on the subject of retaliation 13 January 1863 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
Resolutions of the general assembly of Alabama, in relation to the obligations of the States to surrender fugitive slaves from justice 21 January 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Government document
Resolutions of the legislature of Alabama responsive to those of South Carolina on the subject of controversy between the States of Maine and Georgia 12 June 1841 Documents Relating to 1841 Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of the Compromise measures of the 31st Congress 6 August 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Government document
Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia, in opposition to the principles of certain resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts in relation to an amendment of the constitution on the subject of federal representation 2 February 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Government document
Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia, relative to the controversy between Massachusetts and the states of South Carolina and Louisiana 28 January 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in reference to the Compromise measures passed by the Congress of the United States 8 March 1862 Documents Relating to 1852 Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, &c. 7 April 1856 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in relation to the extension of slavery, Kansas, and secret political associations 20 June 1856 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Territory of Kansas 14 June 1856 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire in relation to slavery and the domestic slave trade 19 February 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey in favor of the Compromise measures 11 February 1862 Documents Relating to 1852 Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in reference to the affairs of Kansas 6 May 1856 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, concerning the recent occurrences in Congress and in Kansas 14 June 1856 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to Kansas affair 18 February 1857 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to Kansas 13 May 1856 State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Southern Rights Vigilance Club November 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Miscellany
Resolutions respecting the present war, and the causes leading thereto 20 January 1863 Confederate acts and resolutions Military document
Resolutions respecting the present war, and the causes leading thereto 20 January 1863 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Government document
Resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts, concerning slavery 3 March 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet; Government document
Respite of execution for slaver Nathaniel Gordon from Abraham Lincoln 4 February 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Government document; Legal document
Review of Lysander Spooner on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery… 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
A Review of the Rev. Moses Stuart's pamphlet on slavery, entitled Conscience and the Constitution 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Review of Webster's speech on slavery 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Review of Webster's speech on slavery 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Revolution in the law of the land. Speech of Hon. E. P. Walton of Vermont, on the bill for the admission of Kansas; delivered in the House of Representatives, March 31, 1858 31 March 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet
Rhode Island issued warrant for seizure of the Schooner "Orange" 15 May 1801 Documents Relating to 1801 Government document; Legal document
Richard Henry Dana to John Dennison Baldwin discussing an anti-slavery convention and his support for Lincoln 13 October 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Richard Howitt to Thomas Pringle about criticism of Howitt's work 25 May 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Correspondence
Richard Jackson to his father reporting that he has not yet left for Morris Island 4 September 1863 Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry Correspondence
Richard Jackson to his father reporting that hundreds of slaves are now employed by the Government 27 March 1862 Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry Correspondence
Richard Parker to "My Dear Father" 2 April 1839 Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters Correspondence
Richard Realf to Judge Duval 6 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [Vol. 39, no. 79 (October 3, 1862)] 3 October 1862 Editions of the Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser Newspapers and Magazines
Right and Wrong in Boston. Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Soc. 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Book
The right way the safe way, proved by emancipation in the British West Indies, and elsewhere. 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Book
Robert C. Campbell to James Beale accusing the North of bad faith regarding the question of slavery 13 January 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Robert C. Campbell to James Beale declaring the Union dead and transmitting ordinances regarding Texas' secession 1 February 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Robert Cambridge Livingston to Robert Livingston re: purchasing iron 5 February 1779 The Livingston Family Papers [084] 1777-1779 Correspondence
Robert E. Lee to William A. Winston regarding the transfer of three slaves 12 July 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Correspondence
Robert J. Walker to Thomas C. Reynolds about abolition pamphlet 10 September 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence
Robert Jamieson to William H. Tuck regarding Virginia law on emancipation 17 November 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Correspondence
Robert Livingston to Peter DeWitt regarding the slave trade 29 July 1749 The Livingston Family Papers [068] 1749 Correspondence
Robert Moore to Mary Moore about girlfriends, financial assistance for their mother and religion 1 January 1848 Collection of John B. Moore letters Correspondence
Robert Moore to Mary Moore on women, slaves and the cotton market 11 December 1848 Collection of John B. Moore letters Correspondence
Robert Purvis to Wendell P. Garrison answering questions about old guard abolitionists 22 May 1885 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Robert Purvis to Wendell P. Garrison answering questions about William Lloyd Garrison 17 February 1881 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Robert Scott to George W. Randolph et al. regarding the South's peril from the North 8 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
Robert Southey to Thomas Pringle about South American slaves 28 July 1833 Documents Relating to 1828 Correspondence
Robert Speiden to William McBlair listing the provisions on board the U.S.S. "Dale" 21 March 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Robert Wallcut to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting 21 September 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
Robert Wallcut to David P. Harmon regarding suitable publications for inclusion in a public library 2 May 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Roger S. Baldwin to Theodore Sedgwick discussing a report 21 November 1840 Documents Relating to 1840 Correspondence
Rough draft of a letter regarding the grievances of Connecticut electors with the Lecompton Constitution, popular sovereignty and slavery in Kansas ca. 3 July 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Correspondence
Rufus King to Edwin M. Stanton regarding reports from a contraband 26 June 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Ross discussing health and mutual acquaintances 28 January 1895 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Ross discussing his life as an abolitionist 11 March 1879 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Ross thanking him for his help 16 November 1896 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Ruth Brown Thompson to F.B. Sanborn regarding her father John Brown 24 January 1895 Documents Relating to the 1890s Correspondence
Ruth Thompson Brown to Mary A. Brown regarding family matters 19 July 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
S. Allen Engles to William McBlair regarding the health of two prisoners 18 March 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
S. Allen Engles to William McBlair reporting the condition of water on baord the "Dale" 9 October 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
S. R. Avery to James W. Hale regarding the death of his father 29 September 1855 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
S.M. Tyndell to Isaac J. Carol, discussing the Confederate home front, military worries, and crops 26 June 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
S.W. Gordon to Thomas H. Patterson about reporting contrabands 9 February 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence; Military document
Sale from the estate of William R. Robertson 21 February 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Broadside
Sale of the Harmon residence n.d. Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Land transaction document
Salem Observer. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 10, 1831)] 10 September 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Newspapers and Magazines
Sales receipt for R.G Johnson 10 December 1864 Collection of Woodson Johnson Business and financial document
Salmon P. Chase to Alexander S. Latty 30 May 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Salmon P. Chase to Alexander S. Latty on Latty's poor health and political matters 11 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence; Government document
Salmon P. Chase to Josiah G. Holland recalling the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation 2 February 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Salmon P. Chase to Lizzie Ellicott regarding a visit to Syracuse 17 May 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
Salmon P. Chase to unknown regarding slavery 10 October 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
Sampson Zabdiel to Aaron Hobart reporting on the passage of the Missouri Compromise 3 March 1820 Aaron Hobart Collection Correspondence
Samuel Cartwright to Mr. Gibson regarding the health of his daughter 28 November 1850 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Samuel Chase to James Winchester regarding the compensation of soldiers who salvaged the French ship Blaireau 31 May 1803 Documents Relating to 1803 Correspondence
Samuel H. Roberts to his son re: eyewitness account of surrender of Richmond, Lincoln's visit 5 April 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Correspondence
Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting ca. 27 April 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Correspondence
Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting arranged in Harmon's town ca. 27 February 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Correspondence
Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting in Haverhill 15 March 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Correspondence
Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding an upcoming meeting in Haverhill 8 July 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
Samuel Keyes to Annie 24 March 1862 Collection of Samuel Keyes of the 16th Massachusetts Correspondence
Samuel May to Marius Racine Robinson accepting an invitation to speak at the Anti-Slavery Society ca. 15 June 1845 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
Samuel May Williams to Edward C. Hanrick discussing land speculation in Texas 1 July 1834 Documents Relating to 1834 Correspondence; Land transaction document
Samuel Monett to Samuel Williams regarding the Mississippi territory 11 May 1810 Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr Correspondence
Samuel Rogers to Thomas Pringle about publishing 13 February 1829 Documents Relating to 1829 Correspondence
Samuel Shaw to the Commissary about provisions 3 January 1783 The Henry Knox Papers [0051] 1-15 January 1783 Military document
Samuel Shenk to his wife discussing the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, slaves, and his own attitudes towards race 25 June 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Samuel Shethar to J. H. Barrett Relates that an article by E. D. Barber in the "Brandon Post" provided misinformation regarding the Clayton Bill of 1848 1 August 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
Samuel Shethar to unknown discussing the Compromise of 1850 22 August 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
The Sanctuary 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
Sarah Gibson Humphreys to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding the health of Tobias' wife and education 8 February 1850 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Sarah Gibson Humphreys to her father, Tobias Gibson, regarding friends and family November 1853 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Sarah Gibson to Randall Gibson regarding a slave 25 September 1848 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Sarah Humphreys to Joseph Humphreys regarding family matters ca. 29 March 1840 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman / by Sarah H. Bradford 1869 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
Schooner Amistad 24 June 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Government document
Schooner Amistad 24 June 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Pamphlet
Schooner Amistad: message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry... 28 February 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Pamphlet; Government document
Schuyler to William Pitt Fessenden discussing politics 24 May 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
Scrapbook featuring an image of John Brown n.d. Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Miscellany
Sealed certification of the Thirteenth Amendment 2 February 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Second Letter of Gerrit Smith to the New-York Tribune 31 July 1855 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
Senate report to accompany bill 161, including the Lecompton Constitution 18 February 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet; Government document
Senate resolution submitted by Charles Sumner 18 June 1862 Collection relating to Charles Sumner Government document
Sentiments expressing John Andrew's wish to see the end of slavery 10 March 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
The Sentinel. [Vol. 2, no. (July 22, 1864)] 22 July 1864 Editions of the Richmond Sentinel Newspapers and Magazines
Sepia head and shoulders image of John Brown, with lock of hair ca. 1859 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Photograph
A Sermon to the medical students 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Pamphlet
Signatures of an Otisco, New York committee ca. 1841 Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Signatures of six of John Brown's supporters ca. 1859 Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family Miscellany
Signed carte-de-visite of Owen Lovejoy ca. 1857-1864 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Artwork
Simon Cameron to John E. Wool regarding a slave girl who followed the 20th Indiana regiment 6 December 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Sir George Steuart Mackenzie to Thomas Pringle about election 17 July 1818 Documents Relating to 1818 Correspondence
Sir James Mackintosh to Thomas Pringle about a pension for Samuel Taylor Coleridge 26 May 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Correspondence
Sketches in the history of the Underground Railroad... 1879 Documents Relating to the 1870s Book
Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels. 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Book
A Slave Cabin 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
Slave Market of America 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Broadside
The Slave Oligarchy and its usurpations. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, November 2, 1855, in Faneuil Hall, Boston 2 November 1855 Documents Relating to 1855 Pamphlet
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. ca. 1861-1865 Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. Photograph
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. ca. 1861-1865 Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. Photograph
Slave sale April 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Broadside; Business and financial document
Slave sale Broadside 25 September 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Broadside
Slave sale broadside 1 February 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Broadside
Slave sale letter 10 June 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Slave trade 7 April 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Government document; Book
Slave Trade Map ca. 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Map
Slave Trade. Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence with Great Britain in relation to the Convention for suppressing the slave trade 27 December 1825 Documents Relating to 1825 Government document; Pamphlet
Slavery and the remedy; or, the principles and suggestions for a remedial code 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Book
Slavery contract 30 May 1831 Documents Relating to 1831 Business and financial document
Slavery Days ca. 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Slavery in the District of Columbia 8 February 1836 Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives Pamphlet; Government document
Slavery in the United States: its evils, alleviations and remedies 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Pamphlet
Slavery laws of the Indiana Territory 17 September 1807 Documents Relating to 1807 Legal document
Slavery, plantations, and the yeomanry; Lieber argues that slavery is only useful for the cultivation of simple crops on a large scale, thus causing the decline of the small farmer ca.1863 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Slaves concealing their master from a search party ca. 1880-1890 Confederate war etchings Artwork
Sonnet to Liberty. 9 October 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Miscellany
The South Bend fugitive slave case, involving the right to a writ of habeas corpus 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Pamphlet
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 115, (June 29, 1862)] 29 June 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 147 (August 7, 1862)] 7 August 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 157 (August 19, 1862)] 19 August 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 194 (October 2, 1862)] 2 October 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 195 (October 3, 1862)] 3 October 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 199 (October 8, 1862)] 8 October 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 208 (October 18, 1862)] 18 October 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 272 (January 2, 1863)] 2 January 1863 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 295 (January 29, 1863)] 29 January 1863 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 69, (May 6, 1862)] 6 May 1862 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 17 (March 3, 1863)] 3 March 1863 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 41 (April 1, 1863)] 1 April 1863 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 5 (February 17, 1863)] 17 February 1863 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 56 (April 18, 1863)] 18 April 1863 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 72 (May 6, 1863)] 6 May 1863 Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper Newspapers and Magazines
Southern cultivator [Vol. 19, no. 6 (June 1861)] June 1861 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Southern cultivator. [Vol. 19, no. 7 (July, 1861)] July 1861 Editions of the Southern Cultivator Newspapers and Magazines
Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (July & August, 1862)] July & August 1862 Editions of the Southern Cultivator Newspapers and Magazines
Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (September & October, 1862)] September & October 1862 Editions of the Southern Cultivator Newspapers and Magazines
Southern literary messenger. [Vol. 33, no. 1 (July)] July 1861 Southern literary messenger Newspapers and Magazines
Spain. --- Cuba. 1 December 1873 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Miscellany
Speech by Senator Fitch regarding the admission of Kansas into the Union 6 January 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Speech draft re: influence of Lincoln, given at New York Republican Club of NYC 12 February 1909 Documents Relating to the 1900s Miscellany
Speech fragment on the proposed annexation of Texas July 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Government document
Speech fragment on slavery and American government 1857-1858 ca. Documents Relating to 1857 Government document
The speech of Charles Jas. Faulkner (of Berkeley) in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the policy of the state with respect to her slave population 20 January 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Pamphlet
The speech of Charles Jas. Faulkner, (of Berkley) in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the policy of the state with respect to her slave population 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Pamphlet
Speech of George W. Richardson, of Hanover, in Committee of the Whole, on the report of the Committee on federal relations, in the convention of Virginia, April 4, 1861. 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Pamphlet
Speech of Gerrit Smith in the Kansas meeting, at the capitol in Albany, March 13th 1856. 13 March 1856 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Government document
Speech of Gerrit Smith, made in the National Liberty Party Convention at Buffalo, September 17th, 1851, when the following Resolutions were under discussion... 17 September 1851 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Government document
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 17 July 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 17 July 1858 Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 17 July 1858 Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 17 July 1858 Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican Party. . . September 1860 Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican Party. . . September 1860 Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 Pamphlet
Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas 26 June 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Broadside
Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas 26 June 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the report of the Kansas investigating committee, in the case of Reeder against Whitfield 31 July 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856. 19 May 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery 7 March 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, on Mr. Clay’s resolutions, in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850 7 March 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, on taking up his compromise resolutions on the subject of slavery. Delivered in Senate, Feb. 5th & 6th, 1850. As reported by the National Intelligencer. 5 February 1850 - 6 February 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom 1848/06/30 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. J. M. Ashley delivered in the House of Representatives on the constitutional amendment for the abolition of slavery 6 January 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Jacob Collamer of Vermont, on affairs in Kansas. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 3 and 4, 1856. 3-4 April 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. James A. Stewart, of Maryland, on African slavery, its status-- natural, moral, social, legal, and constitutional... 23 July 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. L. F. S. Foster, of Connecticut, on the Lecompton Constitution; delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 8 and 19, 1858 8 - 19 March 1858 Documents Relating to 1858 Pamphlet; Government document
Speech of the Hon. Montgomery Blair, on the causes of the rebellion and in the support of the President's plan of pacification 1864 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. R. E. Fenton of New York on Democratic tests, and the Nebraska Bill 15 February 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner 24 June 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New-York, on the profession and acts of the President of the United States; the repeal of the Missouri Compromise... 6 August 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1853, on the Nebraska Territory 30 January 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1854, on the Nebraska Territory 30 January 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the "Measures of Adjustment," delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850 1851 Documents Relating to 1851 Pamphlet
Speech of the Hon. Truman Smith, of Connecticut, on the Nebraska question. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 10 and 11, 1854 10 February 1854 - 11 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. William H. Seward for the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856 9 April 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Speech of the honorable Daniel Webster, on the Compromise Bill 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Speech of J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama, on the election of speaker, and the progress of anti-slaveryism 10 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the reception of abolition petitions 8-9 June 1841 Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, on the subject of abolition petitions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 7, 1839 7 February 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, on the subject of slavery in the territories 13-14 February 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut against the extension of slave territory 9 February 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Gillette ca. 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, of Mass., on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom 30 June 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Lincoln, of Massachusetts: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Feb. 7, 1837, on the resolution to censure the Hon. John Q. Adams... 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Peckham, of New York, on the Kansas and Nebraska question 18 May 1854 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question 1820 Documents Relating to 1820 Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Slade, of Vermont, on the right to petition; the power of Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia;... 18-20 January 1840 Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives Pamphlet
Speech of R.T. Merrick, Delivered Before the Illinois State Democratic Convention at Springfield, Illinois, January 16, 1861 1861 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Speech of Salmon P. Chase, in the case of the colored woman Matilda 11 March 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Pamphlet
The Speech of Thomas J. Randolph, (of Albermarle,) in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the abolition of slavery 21 January 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Pamphlet
Speech of Waddy Thompson of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives of the United States, being in Committee of the whole on the state of the union 5 February 1839 Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis Pamphlet
Speeches of General U.S. Grant, republican candidate for the eighteenth president of the United States, being extracts from speeches, letters, orders, military and state papers 1868 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Pamphlet
Speeches of John A. Andrew at Hingham and Boston, together with his testimony before the Harper's Ferry Committee of the Senate, in relation to John Brown 1860 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Standing view of the abolitionist Reverend ca. 1860 Cartes de visites Photograph
Standing view of the Kansas free-soiler ca. 1861 Cartes de visites Photograph
The state of affairs in Kansas. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. 18 February 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Statement of Account with Benjamin Johnson 8 May 1790 Documents Relating to 1790 Business and financial document
Statement of belief November 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Miscellany
Statement regarding military possession of a Louisiana plantation 6 June 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Legal document; Military document
Statement regarding Samuel Miller's slave 16 October 1803 Native American manuscripts regarding Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians Correspondence
Statement regarding slave ship capture 13 November 1857 Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade Military document
A statement, shewing the aggregate number of persons in each of the wards of the city of New York, and in each of the counties in this state, including, however, no more than three-fifths of the whole number of slaves ca. 1800 Documents Relating to 1800 Broadside
The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America: Fourth Session of the First Congress 1863-64 1863-64 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Pamphlet; Government document
The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America: Third Session of the First Congress 1863 1863 Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws Pamphlet; Government document
Stephen Bayard to Robert Livingston re: loss of slaves during voyage 12 November 1725 The Livingston Family Papers [057] September-December 1725 Correspondence
Stephen Duncan to Charles P. Leverich discussing business and slavery 1 January 1860 Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. Correspondence
Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing a business partner who is possibly an abolitionist 14 June 1860 Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. Correspondence
Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing "Negro boots" and the North Indiana Rail Road 3 August 1860 Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. Correspondence
Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing a schooner named "Stephen Duncan" and the purchase of shoes 18 August 1860 Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. Correspondence
Stephen G. King to William McBlair reporting that the "Dale's" sails have been inspected 13 April 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Stephen G. King to William McBlair requesting a survey of the "Dale's" sails 13 April 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Stephen G. King to William McBlair requesting a survey to be conducted of the sails on board the U.S ship, the "Dale" 31 January 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Stephen V. Benet to Mr. Lally affirming that "Five Men and Pompey" was his first published work ca. 1933 Documents Relating to the 1930s Correspondence
Subduing freedom in Kansas. Report of the Congressional Committee, presented in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 1, 1856. 1 July 1856 Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] Pamphlet
Subscription letter for legal defense of John "Vansandt" (Van Zandt), who helped a fugitive slave 14 February 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence
Summons 22 September 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 23 September 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 1 September 1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 23 September 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 18 March 1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 22 March 1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 22 August 1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 17 April 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 21 September 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 22 February 1859 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 21 September 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Summons 22 September 1858 Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" Legal document
Sumner Sayles to Isora Sayles Skinkle regarding sharing her letters, a foraging exhibition and visiting a plantation 7 August 1863 Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry Correspondence
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874): As Senator vignette bust portrait ca. 1861-1865 Cartes de visites Photograph
The Supply Train 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
The suppressed chapter of "Life on the Mississippi" ca. 1910 Documents Relating to the 1910s Pamphlet
Sworn testimony of Robert Livingston regarding Mr. Russell 16 November 1712 The Livingston Family Papers [038] 1712 Legal document
T. Renwick Thompson to Thomas Pringle about sending articles to newspapers 3 March 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
Tax form listing slaves, horses, etc. 9 December 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Business and financial document
Terms for hiring out slaves from the estates of Thomas Winn and Thomas Drummond 31 December 1831 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Terms for hiring slaves 30 December 1833 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Terms for hiring slaves from the estate of Thomas Winn 2 January 1827 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Terms of hiring negroes belonging to the estate of Thomas Winn decd for the year 1833 31 December 1832 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Terms of hiring nergoes belonging to the estate of Thomas Winn 30 December 1829 Middlesex County Virginia documents Business and financial document
Territory of Nebraska Council Documents no. 2 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Pamphlet
Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad November 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad and subsequent salvage claims November 1839 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony January 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Texas amnesty oath signed by Confederate soldier 7 July 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Government document
Theodore Canot to Thomas T. Craven about making rigging 13 September 1844 Documents Relating to 1844 Correspondence; Military document
Theodore H. Barnum to Lori regarding the local slave population and the African American troops 9 October 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Theodore L. Walker to William McBlair regarding an expedition to the H.M.S. "Myrmidon" and subsequent journey up the Congo river 27 October 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Theodore L. Walker to William McBlair regarding the loss of a launch boat during his expedition up the Congo river 8 November 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Theodore Parker to Nathaniel P. Banks offering congratulations on progress of anti-slavery measures 16 February 1856 Eighteenth and nineteenth century religious leaders Correspondence
Theodore Roosevelt to W. S. Rainsford about George Creel and President Lincoln's changing attitude towards slavery 10 July 1915 Documents Relating to the 1910s Correspondence
Theodre Dwight Weld to Milton Sutliff asking if he can provide eyewitness accounts of cruel treatment of slaves 20 November 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
"They are men by the grace of God and this is enough" 17 January 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
The third annual report of the New Hampshire Auxiliary Colonisation Society, presented and read at the meeting of the society, held in Concord, June 7, 1827 7 June 1827 Documents Relating to 1827 Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Thirteenth amendment resolution 1 February 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document; Legal document
Thirteenth amendment resolution: one of three ''Senate copies'' of the amendment resolution which ended slavery 1 February 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
Thirty dollars reward for a runaway slave 7 September 1791 Documents Relating to 1791 Broadside
Thomas A. Conover to William McBlair ordering him to receive two prisoners for transport to the United States 23 March 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Thomas A. Conover to William McBlair regarding the suppression of the illegal traffic in slaves 19 October 1857 Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade Correspondence
Thomas A. Conover to William McBlair regarding the suppression of the slave trade in Africa 19 January 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Thomas A. Dornin to William McBlair regarding credit and the payment of officers on board U.S. ship, the "Dale" 9 April 1857 William McBlair collection Business and financial document; Military document
Thomas Cobb to unknown, suggesting that the proposed legal code should be simplified 17 January 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Thomas Greay to John Winn discussing business and personal affairs 26 February 1844 Middlesex County Virginia documents Correspondence
Thomas Heyward to unknown regarding the sale of an estate to pay creditors, part of the property including slaves 13 March 1790 Documents Relating to 1790 Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson de Yambert to Sarah W. Hale regarding the death of his and Aurelia's daughter 28 December 1832 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the death of his an Aurelia's daughter, Sarah 14 March 1834 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the death of his daughter and Aurelia's improving health 23 June - 7 July 1834 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding his son's travels and friends of his wife, Aurelia 28 October 1835 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham discussing building work at Monticello 8 June 1803 Documents Relating to 1803 Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman regarding cancelling the sale of 3-year old slave 30 July 1817 Documents Relating to 1817 Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman regarding a worthless bank note accepted by Jefferson's slave 14 November 1814 Documents Relating to 1814 Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah Goodman re: marriage among his slaves 6 January 1815 Documents Relating to 1815 Correspondence
Thomas Jefferson to Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barneuvo 10 March 1791 Documents Relating to 1791 Correspondence; Government document
Thomas Jefferson to Lancelot Minor regarding judgment on lawsuit 23 May 1821 Documents Relating to 1812 Correspondence
Thomas Macaulay Babbington to unknown apologizing 22 August 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
Thomas Martin to Col. Langdon regarding the power of Courts and the ambiguity of law 14 November 1794 Documents Relating to 1794 Correspondence
Thomas P. Pelot to William McBlair reporting the events that led to the British capture of the slave trading ship "Clara B. Williams" 11 November 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Thomas W Thompson to John Langdon regarding the suspension of the non-importation law, Aaron Burr's presence in Louisiana and Jefferson 29 December 1806 Documents Relating to 1806 Correspondence
Thomas Wentworth Higginson to unknown regarding an upcoming meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society 17 January 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Thomas Wentworth Higginson to Wendell P. Garrison regarding "Slave Songs" 4 January 1868 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Timothy Pickering to John Morton on a captured schooner, commerce with Spain and the slave trade 16 November 1799 Documents Relating to 1799 Correspondence
To the Church of Peterboro 20 July 1849 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
To D. W. Burroughs to Franklin Pierce defending his position on slavery 18 March 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
To the Editors of the Emancipator, Boston 23 August 1847 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
To the free Africans and other people of color in the United States 6 January 1796 - 9 May 1797 Documents Relating to 1796 Broadside
To the free and independent voters of the city and county of Philadelphia ca. 1843-1847 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Pamphlet
To the free men of the North! ca. 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Map
To the freedmen in the Department of the South 6 August 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
To the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District of Massachusetts 3 March 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Correspondence
To the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District of Massachusetts 20 March 1837 Documents Relating to 1837 Government document
To J. K. Ingalls, editor of the Landmark, New-York 15 August 1848 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
To the Liberty Party of the County of Madison 13 August 1852 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Government document
To the men who put me in nomination! 5 November 1858 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Correspondence
To the opponents of slavery extension 30 August 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Broadside
To our constituents 26 February 1849 Documents Relating to 1849 Pamphlet
To the People of the state of Louisiana ca. 1860 Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides Broadside
To the people of Suffolk Co. Information, acquired from the best authority, with respect to the institution of slavery 1856 Documents Relating to 1856 Pamphlet
To the planters and slave-owners of Louisiana 29 October 1864 Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides Broadside; Government document
To those ministers in the county of Madison, who refuse to preach politics 15 July 1845 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Non-governmental organization document
To the voters of the Counties of Oswego and Madison 5 November 1852 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Government document
To the voters of Oswego and Madison counties New York 5 November 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Broadside
Tobias Gibson to Captain J. W. Francis refusing to comply with General Sheridan's orders to act as a commissioner of elections 20 August 1867 Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to his wife, Louisiana B. Gibson, regarding their children and the weather 6 November 1850 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Joseph A. Humphreys regarding his decision to stay in Lexington, Kentucky 11 October 1853 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Loula Gibson complaining of having to settle a contract with the hands who will work on the plantation 14 April 1864 Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Preston Gibson regarding family matters 13 July 1852 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Randall Lee Gibson regarding Hart Gibson's graduation and crops 28 January 1855 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Randall Lee Gibson regarding plantation business 8 December 1854 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Randall Lee Gibson regarding plantation business and the annexation of Cuba 15 January 1853 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Sarah [Gibson] Humphreys regarding crops 7 October 1858 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson Humphreys regarding difficulties with workers on his plantation 3 August 1864 Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson Humphreys regarding the difficulty of running a profitable plantation 20 February 1871 Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson Humphreys regarding life in Lexington, Kentucky n.d. Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson regarding her education 2 February 1846 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson regarding their family's history 19 March 1845 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Tobias Gibson to unknown regarding family news and problems with the sugar crop 28 May 1856 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
"The Tom-Tit Polka" 1852 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Artwork; Miscellany
Topsy's Polka 1852 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Artwork; Miscellany
Tracts for the people. No. 1. Who were our friends in time of need? 3 December 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Pamphlet
Transmittal of a proposed amendment to protect slavery 16 March 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Treaty between Great Britain and Texas for suppression of slave trade 1842 Documents Relating to 1842 Pamphlet; Government document
Treaty concluded and signed at Madrid 1750 Documents Relating to 1700-1753 Pamphlet
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 086 (February 13, 1861)] 13 February 1861 Editions of the Tri-weekly Mercury Newspapers and Magazines
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 198 (July 11, 1861)] 11 July 1861 Editions of the Tri-weekly Mercury Newspapers and Magazines
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 945 (December 29, 1863)] 29 December 1863 Editions of the Tri-weekly Mercury Newspapers and Magazines
Tri-Weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 65 (August, 18, 1863)] 18 August 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Trial And Imprisonment Of Jonathan Walker, At Pensacola, Florida, for Aiding Slaves to Escape From Bondage 1845 Documents Relating to 1845 Book
True copy of the Thirteenth Amendment 1 February 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Government document
A true vindication of the South 1917 Documents Relating to the 1910s Book
Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the red river, in Louisiana 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Book
Twenty Star American "Abolitionist Flag" ca. 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Object
Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a free man; embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Book
Two acts of Congress, regarding the protection of seamen and partial ban on imported slaves 28 February 1803 Documents Relating to 1803 Broadside
Two Letters discussing Joseph Hale's health and friendship 1837 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Two letters from Joseph Hale address to James L. Belden and John Joseph Wright respectively regarding friendship n.d. Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Two Speeches by Frederick Douglass regarding West India emancipation and Dred Scott 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Pamphlet
Two young slave children, Isaac & Rosa 1863 Cartes de visites Photograph
U. States v. Cinqué & others... 1839-1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Legal document
Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse R. Grant regarding a new career and the free states 12 March 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of America 4 July 1823 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Broadside
Uncle Sam ca. 1853-1863 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Artwork; Miscellany
Uncle Tom ca. 1852-1860 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Miscellany
Uncle Tom's Cabin ca. 1910 Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 Broadside
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1889 Documents Relating to the 1880s Book
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" banner ca. 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Object; Artwork
Uncle Tom's cabin No. 2: The slave mother 1852 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Artwork; Miscellany
("Uncle Tom's Cabin") Poor Tom! 1852 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Artwork; Miscellany
Uncle Tom's glimpse of glory 1858 Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin Miscellany
The underground railroad. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles... 1872 Documents Relating to the 1870s Book
An unidentified slave to his mother about his hopes that his master will buy him a wife 8 October 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
The Union and the state-rights parties. Speech of Hon. E. W. Chastain, of Georgia, on the position of the Union Party of Georgia 1852 Documents Relating to 1852 Pamphlet
Union autograph and sentiment album ca. 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Miscellany
Union Vidette. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (1863)] ca. 1863 Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The Universal Asylum, and Columbian Magazine for May, 1790 May 1790 Documents Relating to 1790 Newspapers and Magazines
The unjust judge. A memorial of Roger Brooke Taney, late Chief Justice of the United States 1865 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 Pamphlet
Unknown to Edward L. Winder regarding medical treatment for a sick man aboard a ship 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Unknown to James Balloch regarding his health, Mississippi and his business in cotton 7 July 1819 Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr Correspondence
Unknown to John Little Jr. regarding an escaped slave and preparing for war 9 June 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
Unknown to Sarah Gibson regarding family matters n.d. Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Unknown to Sarah Gibson regarding health and family matters n.d. Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Unknown to Sarah Ogden regarding the assistance of the Union woman and the determination of the men to "save our land from slavery" ca. 1861-1865 Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden Correspondence
Unknown to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding her health and monetary situation 28 August 1836 Aurelia Hale letters Correspondence
Unknown to William McBlair discussing events at Saint Helena 15 March 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Unknown to William McBlair thanking him for a gift 27 September 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Unpublished manuscript relating events of the Battle of Fort Pillow 15 April 1893 Items relating to Mack J. Leaming Miscellany
Up from slavery: an autobiography 29 December 1909 Documents Relating to the 1900s Book
A view of exertions lately made for the purposes of colonizing the free people of colour, in the United States, in Africa, or elsewhere 1817 Documents Relating to 1817 Pamphlet
Views of slavery ca. 1830-1840 Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Broadside
Views suggested by the imminent danger of a disruption of the Union ... 29 October 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Pamphlet
Vindication of Major General John C. Fremont, against the attacks of the slave power and it's allies 4 March 1862 Documents Relating to the 1860s Pamphlet
Virginia Shelby to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding family and friends 13 July 1846 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Virginia Shelby to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding a trip from New Orleans 7 March 1846 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
Virginia state documents 1863-1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates Book; Government document
W. Delarue to C. M. Sloan about Mrs. Sloane's travels, life insurance and "her negroes" 22 October 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
W. H. Morse to William McBlair regarding a request to store naval material in a United States owned warehouse 26 July 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
W. L. Breckenridge to his sister, regarding his health 31 October 1856 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
W. T. Smith to James Buchanan regarding his support for Watson Freeman and Benjamin F. Hallett 16 March 1857 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Correspondence
W. W. Gibson to his brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding crops and plans to settle near Lake Providence, Louisiana 26 May 1846 Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves Correspondence
"W.H. Harrison" (Albert Hazlett) to Annie regarding his imminent death [copy] 1 March 1860 Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross Correspondence
Wallace Mitchell to Floretia Mitchell with news that it is almost certain they will return home soon 3 July 1861 Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier Correspondence
Wallace William Southgate to R. W. Southgate regarding general opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation 18 January 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
Walter Lowrie to Hugh Auld regarding the purchase of Frederick Douglass 24 November 1846 Documents Relating to 1846 Correspondence
Walter Scott to Thomas Pringle asking after Pringle's health and discussing getting documents form officeholders 16 November 1819 Documents Relating to 1819 Correspondence
The War in Texas 1836 Documents Relating to 1836 Pamphlet
The War, Its Causes and Consequences 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Book
Warner Mifflin to William Smallwood explains his Christian anti-war stance and condemning the practices of slave owners 31 August 1786 Documents Relating to 1786 Correspondence
Warrant for a mulatto woman claiming to be free in Missouri 4 August 1857 Documents Relating to 1857 Legal document
Warrant for the Sheriff of Halifax County to hold Abram, convicted of participating in the Easter Plot 26 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Warrant to the Halifax County jailer to hold three slaves convicted of participating in the Easter Plot 18 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Warrant to the Halifax County jailer to receive the slaves Sancho, Frank, Jim, and Phebey into custody 17 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Warrant to the jailer of Halifax County to receive Abram, a slave, into custody until 23 April 17 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Warrant to the Sheriff of Halifax County to hold Robin, a slave, until 1 May trial, and to summon two witnesses 26 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation ca. 1863 Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers Broadside
A Watched Pot Never Boils 1876 Life Studies of the Great Army Artwork
Watson Freeman to Aaron V. Brown recommending Colonel Isaac H. Wright to the office of postmaster of Boston 25 May 1857 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Correspondence
Watson Freeman to James Buchanan asking to be reappointed as U.S. Marshall [copy] March 1857 Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman Correspondence
"We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism..." ca.1880-1889 Documents Relating to the 1880s Miscellany
Wealthy Brown to her sister sending condolences for the death of Martha Evelyn Brewster Brown 27 March 1860 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
The Weekly Junior Register, vol. 1, no. 43 16 October 1862 Selection of Confederate Newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
The weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 11 (March 12, 1863)] 12 March 1863 Collection of Confederate wallpaper newspapers Newspapers and Magazines
Wendell Phillips n.d. Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Artwork
Wendell Phillips Garrison to Mr. Northend discussing The Nation and his fear of giving speeches 31 January 1882 Documents Relating to the 1880s Correspondence
Wendell Phillips to Adam G. De Gurowski regarding their correspondence 13 March 1864 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Wendell Phillips to Dr. Howe saying he has passed Howe's letter on to others ca. 1847-1878 Letters and documents of Wendell Phillips Correspondence
Wendell Phillips to James Redpath informing him that that the "Traveller," a Boston paper, printed an article Phillips wrote ca. 14 June 1853 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
Wendell Phillips to Lucretia Mott with a sum of money ca. 27 October 1858 Letters and documents of Wendell Phillips Correspondence
Wendell Phillips to Robert Adams regarding a visit by British abolitionist, George Thompson ca. 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
Wendell Phillips to W. W. Greenough regarding the Board of Trustees [of the American Anti-Slavery Society] 12 September 1874 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
The West Point mob 13 March 1871 Collection related to Gerrit Smith Miscellany
Wheresoever any person bound to service... 28 August 1787 Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes Miscellany; Government document
Whimsical letter from Henry Ward Beecher to unknown n.d. Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Correspondence
White slavery in the Barbary States 17 February 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Pamphlet
White Slaves 28 September 1863 Documents Relating to the 1860s Broadside
Wilkerson's History of his travels & labors, in the United States, as a missionary, in particular, that of Union Seminary, in Franklin Co. Ohio. Since he purchased his liberty in New Orleans, La., &c. 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Pamphlet
William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding cavalry men and the negative opinion on African American soldiers 15 August 1863 Collection of William A. Allison Correspondence
William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding his time on picket, observing a widow and her slaves 9 February 1864 Collection of William A. Allison Correspondence
William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding recuperation following the battle of Rappahannock 4 January 1863 Collection of William A. Allison Correspondence
William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding slow news, local citizens, prisoners of war and African American soldiers 7 March 1863 Collection of William A. Allison Correspondence
William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding visiting his old prison and the relationship between the Union and the Confederacy 19 May 1865 Collection of William A. Allison Correspondence
William A. Smith to Mary E. Townsend regarding the Emancipation Proclamation 11 February 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William B. Davis to his sister describing the retreat of whites from the South 13 May 1861 Collection of William B. Davis, D company, 10th regiment, Connecticut, infantry Correspondence
William B. Taliaferro to "My Darling Wife" re: doubting reported plan to rescue Brown 24 November 1859 Documents Relating to 1859 Correspondence
William Burnet to the Commissioners for Indian Affairs regarding admission of new Commissioners 20 June 1724 The Livingston Family Papers [055] June-December 1724 Correspondence
William Cullen Bryant to Bradford R. Wood discussing black suffrage 23 February 1866 Letters and poems of Bryant and Holmes Correspondence
William Cullen Bryant to James Thomas Fields concerning a poem he had written 5 June 1866 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 Correspondence
William E. Jones to newspaper editor, calling to prepare for imminent civil war December 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
William Echols to M.L. Bonham about Maxwell's negroes in Charleston 21 July 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William Echols to M.L. Bonham about medical treatment for slaves impressed into the Confederate Army 29 July 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William Few to Edward Telfair condemning the import of black slaves into Georgia 30 June 1804 Documents Relating to 1804 Correspondence
William Frederick Seward to Cephas Brainerd regarding his appointment as Arbitrator for the United States for the suppression of the African slave trade 6 September 1862 Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 Correspondence
William Furness to Thomas Dawes Eliot regarding a fugitive slave 28 May 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
William G. Maitland to James M. Maitland discussing the need to be merciful towards slave owners 20 October 1855 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
William G. Maitland to James M. Maitland mentioning Harper's Ferry, slavery and purchasing a farm in Blair County 19 December 1859 Collection of Joseph M. Maitland Correspondence
William Grant to Thomas Grant re: soldiers' reasons for enlistment 21 July 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
William H. Echols to Major D. B. Harris about idle slaves 28 April 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William H. Echols to Major D. B. Harris commenting of the small number of slaves supplied and fears of an attack on Charleston 20 April 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William H. Echols to Major D. B. Harris complaining about an unfulfilled requisition for slaves to build coastal defenses 5 June 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William H. Holly to Mary Ann Davis describing visiting a plantation and conversing with former slaves 29 July 1862 Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry Correspondence
William Henry Harrison to C. W. Hanson about his candidacy for the presidential election; discusses slavery 21 February 1839 Documents Relating to 1839 Correspondence
William Henry Harrison to John Brown Dillon regarding slavery 12 December 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
William Henry Harrison to Joseph Gales, Jr. and William W. Seaton promising payment on a debt 16 October 1822 Documents Relating to 1822 Correspondence; Business and financial document
William Heyward to William A. Williams regarding making contracts with his former slaves for labor 2 December 1865 Four letters and two other documents regarding William A. Williams Correspondence
William L. Garrison to Reverend Putnam commenting on South Carolina's hatred of Massachusetts 29 November 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
William Lewis Maury to Nan [Maury] describing an incident where an African American woman set fire to the house of her mistress 27 February 1865 Maury papers including CSS Georgia list of prizes Correspondence
William Livingston to unknown regarding the sale of a slave, who would be fit for "waiting on a gentleman" 21 November 1774 Documents Relating to 1765-1774 Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison n.d. Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era Artwork
William Lloyd Garrison 1875 Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members Miscellany
William Lloyd Garrison to Aaron M. Powell discussing an abolitionist meeting 10 June 1862 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to Ebenezer Dole thanking him for money 14 July 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to the Editor of the Tribune regarding a recent meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society 5 February 1864 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to Henry Wilson regarding abolition 11 February 1866 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to John Greenleaf Whittier, discussing the deaths of other abolitionists 10 May 1878 Documents Relating to the 1870s Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to Joseph Knight concerning autographs 28 November 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to Joseph Ricketson accepting an invitation to lecture before the New Bedford Lyceum 4 December 1847 Abolitionists collection: letters and documents Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to Messrs Walker and Wise regarding a letter of introduction 18 June 1861 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
William Lloyd Garrison to Thomas W. Higginson discussing lecturers 1 February 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Correspondence
William M. Peyton to William Cabell Rives discussing Virginia's secession 15 May 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
William M. Peyton to William Cabell Rives discussing Virginia's secession [printed letter] 15 May 1861 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 Correspondence
William McBlair to Charles Wise discussing the capture by a British ship of a vessel flying the American flag 12 October 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing British pressure regarding American suppression of the slave trade, religion and his daily operations at sea 23 April - 3 May 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing family and life at sea 25 December 1858 - 14 January 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing his attendance at state dinners and a Liberain church service 7 February 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence
William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing his dislike of the British, the island of Goree and the death of a United States Consul in Sierra Leone 14 March-16 March 1859 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing life at sea and his visit to Liberia 12 February 1858 - 5 March 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing naval life and family matters 24 June - 20 July 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing the route for his voyage to the Canaray Islands, religion and their children 24 May - 2 June 1858 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
William McLain to George A. Baltimore describing the difficulty of a free black man traveling to Washington 24 June 1848 Documents Relating to 1848 Correspondence
William Paca to George Washington reporting British violations of a ceasefire 21 February 1783 Documents Relating to 1783 Correspondence; Military document
William Penn Clarke to Mrs Lebreton Deschapelles discussing her case 6 December 1880 Documents Relating to the 1880s Business and financial document
William Phillips to George Weedon discussing flags of truce and prisoner exchanges 12 April 1781 Documents Relating to 1781 Correspondence
William Pitkin to Robert Livingston re: news of events in England 29 September 1692 The Livingston Family Papers [018] 1692 Correspondence
William Pitt to James D. Fessenden regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Bill 28 February 1854 Documents Relating to 1854 Correspondence
William S. Holabird to Henry D. Gilpin regarding a successful appeal made in the Amistad case 4 May 1840 Papers related to the Amistad mutiny Correspondence
William Travis to David G. Burnet re: politics in Texas 6 February 1835 Documents Relating to 1835 Correspondence
William W. Jones to Philip B. Jones regarding the purchase of slaves 31 December 1862 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 Correspondence
William W. Jones to Philip B. Jones regarding the purchase of slaves 18 February 1863 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 Correspondence
William Wilberforce to Thomas Pringle inviting Pringle to visit 14 January 1830 Documents Relating to 1830 Correspondence
William Wilberforce to Thomas Pringle recommending Mr. Stephen and mentioning anti-slavery matters 9 May 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence
William, McBlair to V. McBlair regarding life at sea, religion and his attempts to catch a slave trader 13-17 October 1857 William McBlair collection Correspondence; Military document
Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 290, whole no. 1675 (April 26, 1853)] 26 April 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Newspapers and Magazines
Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 291, whole no. 1676 (April 27, 1853)] 27 April 1853 Documents Relating to 1853 Newspapers and Magazines
Willis Wills to John Winn regarding a dispute over payment for slaves rented 20 December 1843 Middlesex County Virginia documents Correspondence
Witnessing 200 pound bond for manumission of slave 4 May 1757 Documents Relating to 1754-1764 Legal document
"Woman's right to labor," or, Low wages and hard work : in three lectures, delivered in Boston, November, 1859. 1860 Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 Book
Worship of the North ca. 1880-1890 Confederate war etchings Artwork
Writ of summons for the county sheriff to gather justices for an "examination of the fact" regarding the slave Samuel 19 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Writ of summons for the Sheriff of Halifax County to gather justices for a trial of the slave Abram, for his role in the Easter Plot 26 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Writ of summons for the sheriff of Halifax County to summon county justices for a trial of slaves involved in the Easter Plot 17 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
Writ of summons for the sheriff to call county justices for a trial of the slaves Bob, Absalum, and Martin 18 April 1802 Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 Legal document
The Wrongs to Missouri's Loyal People: Speech of Charles D. Drake, before the mass convention at Jefferson city, September 1, 1863 1863 Civil war loyalty pamphlets Pamphlet
The Yankee slave-dealer; or, an abolitionist down South. A tale for the times by a Texan. 1860 Documents Relating to the 1860s Book
Young Africa, or the Bone of Contention [carte de visite], by E. Anthony 1862 Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War Photograph
Young slave girl seated in white dress with black lace 1860 Cartes de visites Photograph
Z. Flitner to his daughter regarding several matters, including a visit to church and African Americans 10 June 1860 Collection of letters written by members of the Flitner family Correspondence
Z.A. Leach to James McGuire regarding a runaway slave 11 March 1865 Documents Relating to the 1860s Correspondence
Zachary Macaulay to Thomas Pringle about unity of the Anti-Slavery Committee 17 March 1832 Documents Relating to 1832 Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document
Zachary Taylor to Richard Taylor re: slavery debate preceding compromise of 1850 April 1850 Documents Relating to 1850 Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Robert C. Wood about abolitionists and Indian affairs 14 October 1843 Documents Relating to 1843 Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Robert Crooke Wood 19 October 1847 Documents Relating to 1847 Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Thomas S. Jesup regarding the second Seminole War 25 March 1838 Documents Relating to 1838 Correspondence
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