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Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L.Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington. The poster also features images of the house where Lincoln was born, the Tuskegee institute, Frederick...

GLC09736.02

"Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home"

One program entitled, "Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home" dated February 14, 1972. Includes a dedication to Frederick Douglass's biography and work towards the anti-slavery movement. Also included is a program of the day events...

GLC09640.060

The Principia [Vol 1. No. 9 (January 14, 1860)]

One issue of the newspaper "The Principia," dated January 14, 1860. The newspaper states that its purpose is "to promote pure religion, sound morals, Christian reforms" including the abolition of slavery, the caste system, an alcohol. The newspaper...

GLC09886.01

Granite Freeman [Vol 2. No. 3 (July 17, 1845)]

One issue of the newspaper "Granite Freeman," dated July 17, 1845. Newspaper contains current events as well as advertising. It is a abolition newspaper and many of its articles concern the evils of slavery. There are two main articles on the first...

GLC09886.02

Anti-Slavery Bugle [Vol 4. No. 4 (September 22, 1848)]

One issue of the newspaper "Anti-Slavery Bugle," dated September 22, 1848. Newspaper contains current events concerning the 1848 presidential election, as well as the question of slavery in the election process. There are also numerous articles...

GLC09886.03.01

Anti-Slavery Bugle [Vol 4. No. 4 (September 22, 1848)]

One issue of the newspaper "Anti-Slavery Bugle," dated September 22, 1848. Newspaper contains current events concerning the 1848 presidential election, as well as the question of slavery in the election process. There are also numerous articles...

GLC09886.03.02

A. Burlingame

One engraving entititled "A. Burlingame" circa 1861-1877. Portrait of Anson Burlingame. Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0235

Zachariah Chandler

One engraving entititled "Zachariah Chandler" circa 1861-1877. Portrait of Zachariah Chandler. Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0238

An Abstract of the Evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791; on the part of the petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade

JB00353

to Anne Brown Adams

One letter from Albert Hazlett to Anne Brown Adams dated March 1, 1860. Thanking her for her letter to him in "his prison home." Discussing his fate and death and visits from the "ladies" and "gentlemen." Written at Charleston Jail

GLC03007.56.01

to Norman Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Norman Ross dated March 6, 1898. Discusses the death of his father and their relationship. Acknowledges that they are strangers but, due to her closeness to his father, feels that they in fact know each other...

GLC03007.56.02

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated December 9, 1892.

GLC03007.56.03

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 15, 1892. Discussing family news and their correspondence, a visit from a mutual friend and money he had sent her previously.

GLC03007.56.04.01

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from John Brown Jr. to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 19, 1879. Discussing books on the population of the world, the emigration of African Americans and a paper he is writing.

GLC03007.56.05

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated January 28, 1895. Discussing his health and thanking him for the help he has given them over the years. Discusses mutual acquaintances and a friend's bad marriage and possible visits...

GLC03007.56.07

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 16, 1896. Discusses her father and the help Alexander has given them and his future visit. Includes pressed leaves.

GLC03007.56.08.01

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated March 11, 1879. Thanks him for his book "Reflections and Experiences of an Abolitionist" and praises him for living a life of self-sacrifice.

GLC03007.56.15

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Owen Brown to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 3, 1878. Discusses mutual acquaintances, Ross' book and the struggle for abolition.

GLC03007.56.16

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Horatio Rust to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 1, 1892. Concerns John Brown.

GLC03007.56.17

to Alexander Milton Thompson

One letter from George B. Bill to Alexander Milton Thompson dated December 31, 1877. Letter written to John Brown's "Secretary of the Treasury" under his promised government.

GLC03007.56.20

to unknown

One unaddressed letter from Henry Thompson dated April 24, 1892. Concerns correspondence between the two. Letter is possibly to Alexander Milton Ross.

GLC03007.56.21

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 21, 1897.

GLC03007.56.23

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated April 6, 1897.

GLC03007.56.24

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated February 19, 1895.

GLC03007.56.25

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated April 30, 1897.

GLC03007.56.26

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 20, 1895.

GLC03007.56.28

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated August 15, 1893.

GLC03007.56.29

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 24, 1892.

GLC03007.56.30

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated November 12, 1894.

GLC03007.56.31

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One undated envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada.

GLC03007.56.32

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated June 28, 1894.

GLC03007.56.33

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 11, 1893.

GLC03007.56.34

[Scrapbook featuring an image of John Brown]

One scrapbook that originaly held the rest of GLC03007.56, which has been removed from the scrapbook. The scrapbook also contains notes on the first page and the image of John Brown.

GLC03007.56.35

[Letter and flower to Alexander Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]

One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross.

GLC03007.56.04

[Letter and pressed flower to Alexander Milton Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]

One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 16, 1896.

GLC03007.56.08

Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

One book written by William W. Brown entitled "Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave" dated 1849. The book is broken into fourteen chapters that concern his life as an enslaved person in St. Louis and elsewhere.

GLC09931

My Southern Home: Or, The South and Its People

One book entitled "My Southern Home: Or, The South and Its People" written by William Wells Brown and published in 1880. Brown is a noted abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. This book is broken into twenty nine chapters and...

GLC09932

From Slavery to Affluence: Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-Slave

One book entitled "From Slavery to Affluence: Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-Slave" written by Robert Ball Anderson dated 1927. Recounts Anderson's life as an enslaved person. In 1864, Anderson heard that a Union recruiting officer was nearby the...

GLC09935

Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Centuries

One book entitled Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Centuries by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs with an introduction by Booker T. Washington dated 1902. An autobiography that recalls a life of myriad transformations...

GLC09937

Engraving of Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney

One engraving of Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney dated circa 1800. Profile portrait of Volney.

GLC08878.0660

Engraving of Marcus Lawrence Ward

One engraving of Marcus Lawrence Ward dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of Ward.

GLC08878.0721

Postcard of John Whittier's Birthplace

One blank postcard of John Whittier's Birthplace dated circa 1900. Features a winter scene of Whittier's house.

GLC08878.0868

Postcard of John Whittier's Birthplace

One blank postcard of John Whittier's Birthplace dated circa 1900. Features a scene of Whittier's house with a bust portrait of Whittier in the upper right corner.

GLC08878.0869

Postcard of the kitchen of John Whittier's Birthplace

One blank postcard of John Whittier's Birthplace dated circa 1900. Features a scene of the kitchen fireplace and seating area within Whittier's house.

GLC08878.0870

Engraving of John Whittier

One engraving of John Whittier dated circa 1900. Bust portrait of Whittier.

GLC08878.0871

Engraving of John Whittier

One engraving of John Whittier dated circa 1900. Bust portrait of Whittier.

GLC08878.0872

Engraving of John Whittier

One engraving of John Whittier dated circa 1900. Bust portrait of Whittier.

GLC08878.0873

Engraving of John Whittier

One engraving of John Whittier dated circa 1900. Bust portrait of Whittier.

GLC08878.0874

Engraving of Francis Wrangham

One engraving of Francis Wrangham dated 1829. Half portrait of Wrangham based on the painting by John Jackson.

GLC08878.0979

Engraving of Frances Wright

One engraving of Frances Wright dated circa 1865. Half seated portrait of Wright.

GLC08878.0984

Engraving of Martha Coffin Wright

One engraving of Martha Coffin Wright dated circa 1880. Bust portrait of Wright.

GLC08878.0986

Engraving of William Wilberforce

One engraving of William Wilberforce dated circa 1835. Half portrait of Wilberforce based on the painting by George Richmond.

GLC08878.1000

Engraving of William Wilberforce

One engraving of William Wilberforce dated circa 1835. Seated portrait of Wilberforce based on the painting by George Richmond.

GLC08878.1001

[Scrapbook of Maria Webb]

Bound collection of letters from leading abolitionists of the period, including Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe, among others.

GLC08360

to Maria Webb

GLC08360.04

to Gerrit Smith

Written right after his release from arrest in Lindenbille, Ohio: "All of our Family have now returned from Kansas, except my brother Frederick who was shot in cold blood a few hours before the battle of Osawattomie. We have not however given over...

GLC08361

to Francis Jackson

"You will begin to think this fugitive slave, ought to be flogged, for his neglect and sloathfulness[sic[, in replying to your letter. . .I have just been in search of the information which you require, in respect to the whereabouts of Livi Chocker...

GLC08387

History of the antislavery measures of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth United-States congresses, 1861-1864.

Inscribed and signed by Wilson on front flyleaf to Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln. Published by Walker, Wise, and Company. In the preface, Wilson writes, "I have sought, in this volume, to...

GLC08423

Liberator. [Vol. XXXL, no. 16 (April 19, 1861)]

Announces "Civil War Begun. Fort Sumter Captured. The Federal Capital in Danger. Thousands of Troops Mustering. The North United At Last." Includes proclamations by the President, official correspondence regarding the surrender of Fort Sumter...

GLC08429.02

12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812

GLC08430

Salem observer. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 10, 1831)]

Includes a brief description of the aftermath of Nat Turner's Rebellion: "...the insurgents are all taken and killed, except Nat Turner, the leader, after whom there is a warm pursuit... the troops will be discharged shortly... the number of...

GLC08430.01

Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]

Anti-slavery, Civil War, Lincoln, War of 1812.

GLC08430.02

Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery. [...] March 1850.

Original yellow paper cover, uncut.

GLC08435

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

Abolitionist circular derived from an anti-slavery convention. Discusses the history of slavery, its relationship to the constitution, the Liberty Party, and the threatening influence of the "Slave Power."

GLC08442.05

[Maine newspaper with full page announcement the pro-emancipation "State Liberty Convention" on 3-4 July 1845]

The masthead of the paper is torn off. Contains articles on slavery, religion, African colonization, and short blurbs on Mormons and possible declaration of war by Mexico. The Liberty Convention (for emancipation) announcement appears on p. 4, and...

GLC08442.08

[Address leaf cut from wrapper of Sumner's pamphlet "The Barbarism of Slavery."]

Sumner sends his pamphlet (GLC08454.01) to Reverend George Allen of Worcester, Massachusetts. The signature of Sumner, a Senator from Massachusetts, serves as a free frank. Housed with GLC08454.01.

GLC08454.02

The border ruffian code in Kansas

A pro-Republican, free-soil pamphlet published by Horace Greeley's Tribune. "The character of the Code of pretended Laws enacted by the bogus Territorial Legislature of Kansas- a Legislature notoriously forced upon the people of that Territory, at...

GLC08471

to Jeremiah Wilbur

Taylor, a Northerner who had moved to South Carolina and became a slave owner, explains his views on slavery and his willingness to fight for it. "If these matters are going to be carried so far as to the separation of the Union and blood must be...

GLC08476

The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3432 (September 23, 1862)]

Contains a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on first page and more coverage on page four. Also includes news about the Civil War, guerillas in Missouri, the defeat of General Bragg's rear guard in Kentucky, the battle of Iuka...

GLC08520

Review of Webster's speech on slavery.

Inscribed on cover to the Hon. William Foster. Printed by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08530

Modern "Democracy," the ally of slavery. Speech of Hon. M. W. Tappan of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, July 29, 1856.

Printed by Greeley & McElrath (the New York Tribune). Tappan, a United States Representative from New Hampshire, declares, "There is... but one hope left for Freedom in Kansas, and that the people of this country are about to avail themselves of....

GLC08541

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

States that with the death of president Lincoln must come an oath from the people to put an end to slavery, with no compromises. Argues that justice, not vengeance must be taken against the traitors. Asserts that the country had been blinded by the...

GLC08542

Public life of Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath, with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.

Tells John Brown's life in heroic terms, praising him as a hero and a martyr. Signed by Alfred Chesebrough. Same book as GLC00267.212.

GLC08581.05

The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]

Prints articles on the British and Foreign anti-slavery society and a letter of Gerritt Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about 1864 presidential election. Brief article praises the equalization of pay for African American [colored] soldiers. Covers...

GLC08608

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)]

Includes a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on the third page titled, "THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY." Discusses the Emancipation Proclamation, including an article titled "Slavery Practically abolished." Includes coverage of...

GLC08620

Lithograph of Frederick Douglass

Circa dates based on several sources, indicating Currier and Ives' location at 125 Nassau St. between 1872 and 1874.

GLC08630.03

Appeal to the Christian women of the south

Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.

GLC08642

Acts of the anti-slavery apostles.

Printed by Cuppley, Upham & Co. Contains biographical chapters on William Lloyd Garrison and Nathaniel Peabody Rogers. Subsequent chapters cover a history of anti-slavery in America, including a discussion of other individuals active in the cause...

GLC08666

[Carte de visite portait of William Lloyd Garrison]

GLC08672

An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers

Written by "A New Englander, Now A Confederate Soldier." Dated from first line: "Two years of our sanguinary conflict..." Says he is going to lay aside "weapons of strife" and reason together on the lessons the war can teach. Says it was ill-will...

GLC08676

Pennsylvania Packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 3, no. 117 (January 17, 1774)]

Prints on page two an account on the manumission of slaves calculating what the estimated costs would be to pay for the manumission of all slaves in the Colony. Also includes news from New York, Boston, and Philadelphia and public postings.

GLC08689

The Liberator. [Vol. V, no. 42 (October 17, 1835)]

Article on the front page mentions Southern nullifiers and refers to the South's empty threats. Other articles are about abolition and other anti-slavery issues. On page 3 there is a mention of a lynching that occurred nearby.

GLC08711

Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]

Slavery and abolition.

GLC08721

New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 5507 (December 15, 1858)]

Review of the play of Uncle Tom's Cabin on Broadway on page seven.

GLC08745

New York times [Vol. IX, no. 2541 (11 November 1859)]

News regarding John Brown's raid. Reports on conviction of Brown's fellow raiders, Gerrit Smith going insane, Brown's time in Kansas, his charitable deeds. Also an article urging reconciliation between North and South, and urging Brown be pardoned...

GLC08771

The New York herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)]

Prints a letter of President Lincoln to John C. Fremont concerning emancipation. Headline reads, "Modification of the Proclamation with regard to the liberation of slaves." Lincoln asks Fremont to modify his order proclaiming that all slaves owned...

GLC08793

Gazette of the United States. [No. 7 (May 2 - May 6, 1789)]

Anti-slavery essay, President's home (in New York).

GLC08810

Niles' weekly register. [Vol. 2, no. 14-15 (June 5-12, 1824)]

Two issues. Convention with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade printed on p. 226 ff.

GLC08813

Paterson Daily Guardian [Vol. VI, no. 905 (19 October 1859)]

Attempting to clarify news of the raid on Harpers Ferry. States the previous days news was unclear as to the specifics of the events, and gives new details available. John Brown, "the hero of numberless border skirmishes in Kansas," attacked...

GLC08827

New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4251 (May 11, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of New-York times, dated May 11, 1865. Reports Queen Victoria's condolence to Mrs. Lincoln as well as other expressions of sympathy from international heads of state on the assassination of President Lincoln. Also contains an...

GLC08835

The Abolitionist

Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...

GLC08844

The War in Texas...

Anti-slavery and anti-Mexican war sentiments.

GLC08846

Case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the proceedings on the writ of Habeas Corpus, issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, judge of the district court of the United States...

(title continues)... for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the case of the United States of America Ex. Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, including the several opinions delivered; and the arguments of counsel, reported by Arthur...

GLC08853

Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson

Relates the story of Passmore Williamson, an abolitionist who was imprisoned for helping a slave named Jane escape her master while in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Jane was already in the North, Williamson informed her she was free and...

GLC08854

New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)]

One newspaper issue of New-York Daily Tribune, dated January 3, 1863. Prints the Emancipation Proclamation on page four. This is among the early printings of the Proclamation in a newspaper. Other news includes the Battle of Murfreesboro with map...

GLC08862

Letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker.

Smith discusses his and Schmucker's shared disapproval of the Colonization Society. Defends the Anti-Slavery Society against Schmucker's criticism. Also covers Schmucker's opinions of temperance. Contains several spots of water damage in former...

GLC08873

Collection of abolitionist newspapers [Decimalized .01-.59]

A collection of early anti-slavery and abolitionist newspapers, including issues of The Emancipator, the National Anti-Slavery Standard, and the Liberator. Some of the papers are edited by William Lloyd Garrison; others by Edmund Quincy & James...

GLC08875

The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (November 10, 1836)]

Some waterstaining, some faint penciled notes in an unknown hand to some paragraphs of text. Devoted mostly to the proceedings of the Second Annual New York State Anti-Slavery Society. Phelps serves as editor. Published weekly for the American...

GLC08875.01

The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 34 (December 22, 1836)]

Contains a report from England, among miscellaneous other articles. Phelps serves as editor. Published weekly for the American Anti-Slavery Society by Robert G. Williams.

GLC08875.02

The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 41 (February 9, 1837)]

This issue contains a printing of a speech by the Reverend William Goodell, an abolitionist from New York, at a recent Anti-Slavery Convention. Includes coverage from the Meeting of the Baptist Missionary Society, and other miscellaneous reports....

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