Contents
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Search Terms
GENERAL
INDIVIDUALS
ORGANIZATIONS
JOHN BROWN
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
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Slavery/Anti-Slavery Collection, 1791-1968Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Laura Cutter.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
| | | | | Title: | Slavery/Anti-Slavery Collection | | Dates: | 1791-1968 | | Abstract: | This collection primarily documents abolitionist activism. Materials include correspondence; addresses; essays; sermons; deeds from the sales of female slaves; photographs of emancipated slaves; and numerous articles on the escaped slave William Wells Brown. A substantial portion of the collection documents abolitionist John Brown and his descendents. Other individuals represented in the collection include Jonathon Edwards, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, members of the Garrison family, Angelina Grimke, Daniel Webster, Emma Willard, Maria Weston Chapman, and Henry B. Blackwell. Also represented are various anti-slavery societies.
| | Extent: | 3 boxes(.75 linear ft.) | | Language: | English. | | Identification: | MS 390 |
Slave Children from New Orleans, circa 1864
On reverse: "...The nett proceeds from the
sale of these photographs will be devoted
to the education of Colored People in the
department of the Gulf, now under the
command of Major General Banks."
Photo by Charles Paxson, New York. This collection consists primarily of material that documents abolitionist activism from 1791 to 1865. Original source material includes abolitionist publications, annual reports, correspondence, addresses, conference proceedings, essays, newspaper clippings, photographs, and sermons. Individuals represented in the collection include Jonathon Edwards, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, members of the Garrison family, Angelina Grimké, Daniel Webster, Emma Willard, Maria Weston Chapman, and Henry B. Blackwell. Included in the collection are records of the Providence (R.I.) Anti-Slavery Society, 1833-43; the proceedings of the Anti-slavery Convention of American Women in Philadelphia in 1838; the eighth annual report of the Boston Female Anti-slavery Society from 1841; Jonathan Edwards's 1791 sermon "The Injustice and Impolicy of the Slave Trade and the Slavery of the Africans"; deeds from the sales of female slaves from 1820 and 1858; photographs of emancipated slaves; and numerous articles by W. Edward Farrison on the escaped slave William Wells Brown. A substantial portion of the collection relates to abolitionist John Brown and his descendents. that document abolitionist John Brown and his descendents. These include articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and letters from the Garrison family to Brown's widow and sons and various essays examining myths about John Brown and the historical reality of his motivations and actions. Return to the Table of Contents
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Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 1 | American Anti-Slavery Almanac (volume 1, #1 -original and use copy),
1836 |
| 2 | Anti-Slavery Convention (Philadelphia,: proceedings
1838) |
| 3-4 | Anti-Slavery: articles and pamphlets,
1791-1955 |
| 5 | Deeds for the sale of a girl slave,
1820, 1858 |
| 6 | Liberator: articles and reprints |
| 7 | Photographs of slaves and emancipated slaves; propaganda, and drawings,
n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 8 | Lecture to Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem,
1848 |
| 9 | Pamphlets by Edward Farrison,
1948-1959 |
| 10 | Maria Weston Chapman: letter to Miss Hilditch,
circa 1945 |
| 11 | Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Archibald Grimke: article,
1968 |
| 12 | Thomas T. Stone: address before Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem,
1851 |
| 13 | George Francis Train: speech in reply to Charles Sumner,
1862 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 14 | Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society: annual reports,
1836, 1840, 1842 |
| 15 | Ladies New York Anti-Slavery Society: "Appeal to the Christian Women of America,"
1836 |
| 16 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society: annual reports,
1847-49, 1852, 1853 |
| 17 | New Haven Anti-Slavery Society: constitution,
1833 |
| 18 | Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society: annual report,
1864 |
| 19 | Vigilance Committee of Boston: article by Wilbur H. Siebert,
1953 |
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| Tolles, Frederick B., Slavery and the "Woman Question": Lucretia Mott's Diary, 1840 Supplement 23 to Journal of the Friends Historical Society (Friends Historical Association: Pennsylvannia,
1952) |
Box |
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| | 1a |
| Providence Anti-Slavery Society: constitution and records,
1833-43 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 20 | A Bibliography of John Brown, by Thomas Featherstonhaugh (includes handwritten copy and published pamphlet),
1897 |
| 21 | Articles, clippings, and photos |
| 22 | John Brown Family, Jason Brown, and John Brown Fund: letters, articles, and research |
Box |
Folder |
| | 3 | 1 | Carroll Slave Emancipation Document,
1858 |
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| Thomas J. Nast: Reconstruction cartoons,
circa 1870s |
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| George Francis Train: speech in reply to Charles Sumner (original and use copy),
October 16, 1862 |
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