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[To the editor of the Independent]

Washington, founder and principal of the Tuskegee Institute, expresses appreciation for any reference made within the Independent regarding an upcoming meeting of the Tuskegee Negro Conference, held at the Tuskegee Institute. Does not note the name...

GLC04466.01

to Mother

One letter from an enslaved man to his mother dated Alexandria, Va., October 8, 1859. Pertains to visiting with his friends at the Widow Bailys' in Faquier [Fauquier County], Virginia. Mentions meeting a young woman that he would like to marry and...

GLC00226

"We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism..."

Quotation in full: "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism to forget the merits of this fearful conflict and to remember with equal admiration those who struck at the nation's life and those who struck to save it--those who fought for...

GLC07926.01

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 19, no.15 (August 28, 1858)]

One issue of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" dated August 28, 1858. This issue features a poem "Peace in God" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The newspaper also features a section of articles that are pro-slavery. There is also an article concerning a...

GLC09791.30

The Freeman's Journal [No. 8 (June 13, 1781)]

One issue of The Freeman's Journal dated June 13, 1781. Features an article concerning the passage of a bill connected to the gradual abolition of slavery that would re enslave people that were already freed in Westmorland County. There are also...

GLC09791.15

A New Negro For A New Century

One book entitled A New Negro For A New Century by Booker T. Washington published 1900.

GLC10065

to Alexander Stephens

"I much rather be at home waiting on your company than be here at this hateful school." Written by Fannie, an ex-slave of Stevens while attending the Normal School at Atlanta University, in Georgia.

GLC07019

to master re: slave inquiring about health of wife and other family members

Written on blue paper by a slave (probably traveling with Confederate officer) to his master. Location name is illegible

GLC07049

The General Jackson. [hand-colored lithograph]

Lithograph by Black Artist Jules Lion after the battle of New Orleans. Printed by d'Aubertet de Jurica (?).

GLC07438

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...

Printed Quaker petition, containing letters and what is apparently the first printing of the first petition brought before Congress by free Blacks (p. 7) appealing for intervention against the Fugitive Slave Act, which is called "a Flagrant proof of...

GLC07442

Memoirs of a Monticello slave as dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840's...

By Issac, one of Thomas Jefferson's Slaves. Modern edition.

GLC07445

[Resignation as the Director and President of the Freedom Manufacturing Company]

Addressed to the companies Board of Directors. Accompanied by an (unrelated) engraving of Douglass by Augustus Robin of New York (see GLC08948.02).

GLC08948.01

[Petition of a free black to become a slave of a master of her choice]

Petitions for the right to choose her master. States that since she is "a free person of Africa descent" she is entitled to "choose a master for herself and two said children," and the "petitioner makes choice of J.S.H. Hossack to become her master...

GLC08955

The Negro Working Population and National Recovery

A memorandum entitled, "The Negro Working Population and National Recovery," by the National Urban League for Social Service Among Negroes dated January 4, 1937. The item was prepared and submitted to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to review how...

GLC09776

40th Anniversary Year Book

One item printed by the National Urban League dated 1950. Commemorates the 40th anniversary of the league. Includes essays by noted African American civil rights leaders and scholars related to survey projects and research.

GLC09640.192.01

40th Anniversary Year Book

One item printed by the National Urban League dated 1950. Commemorates the 40th anniversary of the league. Includes essays by noted African American civil rights leaders and scholars related to survey projects and research.

GLC09640.192.02

Mortgage Financing for Properties Available to Negro Occupancy

One pamphlet entitled, "Mortgage Financing for Properties Available to Negro Occupancy," dated 1954. Expresses concern of unfair housing practices committed against African Americans specific to mortgage financing. Lists statistics of differences...

GLC09640.193.01

Mortgage Financing for Properties Available to Negro Occupancy

One pamphlet entitled, "Mortgage Financing for Properties Available to Negro Occupancy," dated 1954. Expresses concern of unfair housing practices committed against African Americans specific to mortgage financing. Lists statistics of differences...

GLC09640.193.02

Of Sight and Sound, Letters from an American Abroad

One pamphlet entitled, "Of Sight and Sound, Letters from an American Abroad," dated 1959. Consists of letters from Lester B. Granger, executive director of the National Urban League dated 1958-1959. Letters were sent from Rangoon, Burma, Karachi...

GLC09640.194

Guidelines for Community Action

One pamphlet entitled, "Guidelines for Community Action," dated 1964. Report highlights the ties between poverty and race; issues concerning African Americans in 1964 such as employment, education, housing, healthcare, and government aid; and an...

GLC09640.195

The Power of the Ballot, A Handbook for Black Political Participation

One pamphlet entitled, "The Power of the Ballot, A Handbook for Black Political Participation," dated 1973. Item was published for the purpose of promoting strategies to increase black voter registration. Gives statistics, planning timetables for...

GLC09640.196.01

The Unfinished Second Reconstruction, 63rd National Urban League

One pamphlet entitled, "The Unfinished Second Reconstruction, 63rd National Urban League," dated 1973. Item is a conference program that lists related sessions on health, housing, youth activism, and education.

GLC09640.197

Assessment of adequacy of drug abuse programs

One pamphlet entitled, "Assessment of adequacy of drug abuse programs," dated 1973. Reviews drug abuse problems, income levels, drug prevention programs, therapy, treatment programs also contains tables of data of populations in Baltimore, Pittsburgh...

GLC09640.198

The Power of the Ballot, A Handbook for Black Political Participation

One pamphlet entitled, "The Power of the Ballot, A Handbook for Black Political Participation," dated 1973. Item was published for the purpose of promoting strategies to increase black voter registration. Gives statistics, planning timetables for...

GLC09640.196.02

Negro Digest [November 1940]

One issue of Negro Digest dated November 1940. Contains writings by African American authors relaying the African American experience through travel and history essays.

GLC09640.206