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To the people of Suffolk Co. Information, acquired from the best authority, with respect to the institution of slavery.
1856
Jagger, William, fl. 1856
Suffolk County in New York. First edition. Printed by R. Craighead, New York.
GLC00267.080
Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions.
1847
Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876
Claims that slavery has diminished southern society. Printed for the American Home Missionary Society, by William Osborn in New York. Bushnell was the pastor of the North Church in Hartford, Connecticut.
GLC00267.081
Collection of signed materials, pamphlets and Civil War-related items of Charles Sumner [Decimalized .01 - .41]
1847-1874
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Collection of signed materials, books, letters and documents related to the coming of the war, Sumner's career and Reconstruction. Includes: 17 ALSs (30 p.) 1847-1874, 6 AQS on themes of liberty and equal rights, 3 cartes de visite (2 signed), 2...
GLC02095
to Charles Sumner
circa 1873
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
Written on her personal stationery, embossed with a "D," to her benefactor and friend, Sumner. Requests him to send certain government publications to her at the Government Hospital for the Insane of the Army and Navy in Washington, D.C. Among...
GLC02075
to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
9 March 1881
Foster, Abigail K., fl. 1881
Abolitionist and suffragist Foster responds to questions from Robinson who was doing research for her book, "Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement. A general, political, legal and legislative history from 1774 to 1881" (Boston, 1881). Foster...
GLC02076
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
1836
Grimke, Angelina E., 1805-1879
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.
GLC08642
Declaration
20 November 1834
Hall, Henry B., 1808-1884
Includes the printed endorsements of James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and signed endorsement of Hiland Hall. Published in the December "Temperance Recorder," the statement urges all Americans, but especially young men, to stop the...
GLC08652
Acts of the anti-slavery apostles.
1884
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
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]
1861-1865 ca.
Charles Taber & Co., fl. 1861-1865
GLC08672
A mirror for the intemperate
1830
Bowen, Henry, 1794-1874
Temperance broadside with poems and extracts such as "Ode to Rum" and "Set Down that Glass." Also includes some illustrations. Printed on cloth for Nathaniel Boynton by Henry Bowen's Chemical Print. Mounted on cloth covered board; dimensions include...
GLC08600
The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]
17 June 1864
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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
[Pair of abolitionist slave tokens]
circa 1838
One token, dated 1838, depicts a kneeling, shackled female slave, accompanied by the words: "Am I not a woman & a sister." Verso depicts a laurel wreath surrounding "Liberty 1838." Other token depicts a male figure with inscription "Am I not a man...
GLC08551
Papers of George May Powell [decimalized]
1858-1909
Powell, George May, 1835-1905
The George May Powell collection contains personal and family correspondence. Also included are business papers relating to his Thirteenth Amendment anti-slavery photograph, his inventions, and his publications; a diary, letters, and essays...
GLC00687
Two abolitionist letters and one newspaper [Decimalized .01-.03]
1855-1865
GLC00680
to Samuel Johnson
June 23, 1855
Stearns, George L. (George Luther), 1809-1967
Stearns, an abolitionist, asks if Reverend Johnson would like him to join him on a trip to Niagara.
GLC00680.01
to Joseph Knight
November 28, 1863
William Lloyd Garrison informs Knight that he has "no autograph of the revered Wilberforce to send" but will instead send "one of George Thompson, whose long continued and wonderfully efficient labors in the cause of freedom and humanity you so...
GLC00680.02
[Preamble and resolution]
13 April 1820
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Printed petition signed by William Rawle as President of the Abolition Society and [Benjamin] Williams as secretary. Sent to Jacob H. De Witt, member of the House of Representatives from the 7th District of New York. Petition states that the society...
GLC00777
Check and three prints pertaining to Gerrit Smith [Decimalized .01-.04]
circa 1863-1874
Various
GLC00723
to George J. Gardner
29 November 1854
Ripley, George, 1802-1880
Thanks him for his recent letter. Requests that in February he send the latest statistics on the manufacture of salt in Syracuse, "to be incorporated into our article on salt." Ripley was a minister, literary critic, journalist, and a leading...
GLC02453.30
to Owen Brown
5 December 1855
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Brown discusses the free state struggle, and reports there are rumors of a free state man being murdered, and that it may lead to more violence. Says "We feel more, & more certain that Kansas will be a Free State." Also discusses family affairs...
GLC02454
Abolitionists collection: 19 letters and documents [decimalized]
1765-1874
GLC02448
to Joshua Leavitt
26 June 1847
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Birney, an abolitionist, writes to Leavitt, a reformer and minister in Boston. Has been asked to write columns for the Herald, a newspaper, and is allowed by the editor to freely express his opinions. Notes that Dr. Bailey (possibly Gamaliel Bailey...
GLC02448.02
to Reverend Dr. Murray
29 April 1858
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
Recalls receiving a letter from Murray regarding the Cleveland Emancipation Convention one year before. Transmits a circular (GLC 2448.03.02), an account of the organization of the National Compensation Emancipation Society. Asks Murray to read the...
GLC02448.03.01
to unknown
23 August 1851
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903
Written from "White Hall," Clay's estate. Clay, an emancipationist, replies to a letter from an unspecified recipient. Possibly discussing his run for Governor as an anti-slavery candidate in 1851, writes, "The number of votes cast for the anti...
GLC02448.05
to Joseph Ricketson
4 December 1847
Accepts Ricketson's invitation to lecture before the New Bedford Lyceum, if his health permits. Exclaims, "Would that U could be an attendant at your anti-slavery meetings, to be held to-day and to-morrow in your place!" Notes that his friend, the...
GLC02448.06
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