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Proceedings of the Colonization Society of the city of New York... [Liberia]

Full title: "Proceedings of the Colonization Society of the City of New York, at their third annual meeting, held on the 13th and 14th of May, 1835, including the annual report of the Board of Managers, to the Society." Concerning the colony of...

GLC05215

"A JOINT RESOLUTION..."

Full title reads "A JOINT RESOLUTION, RESPECTING THE GRADUAL EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES, AND COLONIZATION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES." Respecting the Graduate Emancipation of Slaves, and Colonization of People of Color Within the United...

GLC04521

American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank

Printed membership certificate signed by Madison as President and R. R. Gurley as Secretary. The American Colonization Society resettled Black freedpeople in Liberia. D.B. Mattern letter 6/14/96, Madison accepted the presidency per his 19 February...

GLC04675.02

to George Besore

Schneck asks for $300 to send a slave's wife and three children to Africa. The husband must also purchase his freedom for $1,500, but the Society is trying to raise money to assist in the transport itself. Written on behalf of the Colonization...

GLC04743

[Copy of a letter to President Abraham Lincoln regarding colonization of the Isthmus of Chiriqui]

An unknown author informs Lincoln of the problems of colonizing Africans and African Americans on the Isthmus of Chiriqui (in what is now Panama). States that colonization alone will not solve the racial prejudices existing both in the United States...

GLC03619.01.14

to John Switzer

Written from Ashland, Clay's estate, to Switzer at Union Bridge, Frederick County, Maryland. Replying to a request from Switzer, Senator Clay discusses his opinions on colonization and slavery. Refers Switzer to an address he gave to the...

GLC03725

Thoughts on African Colonization

Early critique of the Colonization Society. Published by Garrison & Knapp.

GLC05830

Liberia; or Mr. Peyton's experiments.

304 pages of text followed by twelve pages of advertisements. Published by Harper & Brothers. Contains sticker from Bryant Circulatory Library Association of Roslyn, New York.

GLC05831

Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Crawford to Lord Clarendon

A manuscript extract from a May 6, 1857 dispatch from British consul at Havana, Joseph T. Crawford, to Lord Clarendon, giving names and tonnage of five American vessels sent to Havana, presumably for the slave trade. The ships are the schooner...

GLC05832.01

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.

Published by Crocker & Brewster. Stuart, a minister and Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Seminary (near Boston), justifies slavery using a Biblical argument. Also predicts the economic repercussions of abolition: "Suppose the black...

GLC05845

Constitution of the [blank] Colonization Society [form for local Ohio chapters]

Blank form for local auxiliaries of the Ohio State Colonization Society: "Article I. This Society shall be called [blank] Colonization Society, and shall be auxiliary to the Ohio State Colonization Society. Article II. The object to which its views...

GLC05334

to Chevalier L. Debray

Slidell introduces a Senator from California to Debray (possibly a representative of Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian) to discuss plans regarding the colonization of Sonora, Mexico.

GLC05342.01

to Thomas R. Hazard

Encloses testimonial (not included) "in behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Jones," who are traveling to Africa and back to America. Remarks that he has been largely away from home the last eighteen months, and so will not be able to visit Newport this summer.

GLC05495.02

Memoir of Benjamin Banneker read before the Maryland Historical Society, at the monthly meeting, May 1, 1845

First edition published by John D. Toy. Honors Banneker, a free African American scientist/astronomer from Maryland who created of a series of famous almanacs. Compares Banneker to David Rittenhouse, a noted Pennsylvania astronomer and inventor....

GLC06111

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.

First edition. Published by William Alling. Includes engraving of Steward. Contains a printed portrait of Steward opposite title page. Signed on inner front cover by Mrs. John Garrett.

GLC06149

Colonization society membership certificate for Millard Fillmore [slavery]

Certificate countersigned by William McLain. Certificate made out to Fillmore as President of the US. Damaged, with slight loss of paper at top center.

GLC06216

[Notes pertaining to anti-slavery]

List of items related to anti-slavery. Also contains index citations for an unspecified document or volume. One note asserts, "A. S. Society aims to destroy the Colonization Soc." Other notes refer to the degradation of enslaved people, the...

GLC06593.21

to Mr. Bayley re: plan to liberate his slaves, colonization, personal matters

Written to Mr. Bayley in England. Discusses his plans for colonizing his freed slaves in Haiti or Liberia. Lafayette also mentions the Catholic emancipation bill, etc.

GLC06721

to his parents

Updates his father on the commanders of the regiment. Writes that General Asboth is the Brigadier General, Nicolas Grensel is the colonel and also a member of the Free Masons;. Lieutenant Colonel Joselyn and Major Barry have resigned and Capt. J.Q...

GLC06728.019

to Samuel J. May

Whittier writes to May, an ardent abolitionist: "Until connected with the Cause of Anti-Slavery I never knew what friendship was... engaged in this holy cause of Truth & Love, I have found high & pure hearts beating in perfect unison... No matter...

GLC05720

to Thomas Robinson Hazard

Clay writes from Ashland, his estate, to Hazard, the noted reformer. Declines an invitation to visit Hazard in Rhode Island, relating that he will not be able to leave home this summer due to ill health. Also due to his health, this letter is...

GLC05721

New York Colonization Society certificate of membership for Alexander Fraser

Certificate of membership for life for Alexander Fraser of Fowlerville. The certificate has a large engraving at top showing a white man shaking the hands of thankful naked Africans while a ship rides at anchor in the background. Two scriptural...

GLC05781

to Lodema

Encamped near Potomac Creek, Virginia about four miles from Hartford Court House and six or seven miles from Fredericksburg, Virginia. Left the camp at Hall Farm on Saturday and went to Fairfax, Ohio and found the troops. Saw S. Z. Dickinson at...

GLC02596.11

to Harriette Story Paige

Informs his sister-in-law that he travelled through Rochester, Philadelphia, and Baltimore before arriving in Washington, D.C., where he stayed at the house he formerly occupied as Secretary of State. Reports seeing the family of Dr. Harvey Lindsley...

GLC01946.26

Slave trade.

Mercer reports for "the committee to whom were referred the memorial of the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also, sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, and a memorial from...

GLC00267.035

In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1828. Mr. Tazewell made the following report:

20th Congress, 1st session, doc no. 178. The Committee on Foreign Relations report declares Congress has no authority to find territory on the coast of Africa for colonization, or to appropriate money for colonization, because such powers are not...

GLC00267.045

Resolution of the legislature of Missouri, declaring, in their opinion, that Congress has no power to appropriate moneys to aid the American Colonization Society.

20th Congress, 2d Session, document no. 89. Congress has no power to appropriate money to aid the American Colonization Society (based on strict construction of the Constitution). The resolution mentions the concern that the next step would be...

GLC00267.046

In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1832. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Manufactures, made, to the Senate, the following Report:

22d Congress, 1st Session, document no. 128. Discusses the history of land surveying and selling after the Revolution, the Louisiana purchase, and the acquisition of Florida. There was fear in the South that proceeds would be used to advance a...

GLC00267.047

In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1832. Mr. King made the following report:

22d Congress, 1st Session, document no. 145. Unfavorable report on the proposal to use proceeds from sales of public lands for education, internal improvements, and "the colonization of free negroes upon the western coast of Africa."

GLC00267.048

Memorial of the society of the District of Columbia for the colonization and civilization of Africa, praying ...

28th Congress, 1st session, Senate document no. 218. Calls upon the government for "The establishment of a commercial agency at the colony of Liberia, and asking an appropriation to forward the objects of said society, and for the benefit of said...

GLC00267.053

Report of the Secretary of State communicating the report of the Rev. R. R. Gurley, who was recently sent out by the government...

(title continues)... to obtain information in respect to Liberia. Pamphlet bound as a book. With introductory note by Daniel Webster, Secretary of State 1850-1852. 31st Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document No. 75. Contains a...

GLC00267.054

The Impending crisis of the South: How to meet it

First edition. Signed as presented by Samuel A. Winsor. Published by the Burkick Brothers, New York. Bookplate removed. In 1857, Hinton Rowan Helper, the son of a western North Carolina farmer, published one of the most politically influential...

GLC00267.074

to Lodema

[Writes from Chantilly Camp]. Writes that they are still in their old camp. Has been out on a scouting expedition once since he last wrote. Started about 12 o'clock at night and returned the next day at four o'clock in the afternoon. Is certain...

GLC02596.06

The Indian Question Past and Present

One pamphlet entitled, "The Indian Question Past and Present" dated December 1890. Pertains to criticism of the colonization of indigineous people in North America.

GLC10051.34

The Indian Situation

One pamphlet entitled, "The Indian Situation" dated December 1890. Details an account from Edward Ashley visiting a reservation.

GLC10051.35

A Hideous System

One pamphlet entitled, "A Hideous System" dated December 1890. Attempts to humanize indigineous people to congressional members.

GLC10051.36

A Crisis in the Cause of Indian Education

One pamphlet entitled, "A Crisis in the Cause of Indian Education" dated January 30, 1892. Pertains to the possibility that Congress will reduce the budget meant fund the education of indigineous peoples.

GLC10051.37

To Members of the Indian Rights Association, and to all who are Interested in a Prompt and Wise Solution of the Indian Problem

One pamphlet entitled, "To Members of the Indian Rights Association, and to all who are Interested in a Prompt and Wise Solution of the Indian Problem" dated Februay 9, 1893. Provides details of the Indian Appropriation Bill which contained a...

GLC10051.38

A Dangerous Assault Upon the Integrity of the Civil Service Law in the Indian Service

One pamphlet entitled, "A Dangerous Assault Upon the Integrity of the Civil Service Law in the Indian Service" dated November 1893. Pertains to adjustments of the structure of the Indian Service.

GLC10051.39

The Enforcement of Liquor Laws a Necessary Protection the Indians

One pamphlet entitled, "The Enforcement of Liquor Laws a Necessary Protection the Indians" dated November 1893. Pertains to rising rates of alcoholism among the population of indigineous people. Text mentions that they are self-sufficient.

GLC10051.40

The Secretary of the Interior and the Indian Educational Problem--A Rift inthe Cloud

One pamphlet entitled, "The Secretary of the Interior and the Indian Educational Problem--A Rift inthe Cloud" dated January 10, 1894. Pertains to improve the quality of education for indigineous people.

GLC10051.41

An Immediate Pressing Need of the Navajo Indians

One pamphlet entitled, "An Immediate Pressing Need of the Navajo Indians" dated March 1, 1894. Includes description of the Navajo people. Refers to them as self-sufficient due to asking for money owed to him.

GLC10051.42

The Position of Superintendent of Indian Schools Threatened--A Serious Danger to be Averted

One pamphlet entitled, "The Position of Superintendent of Indian Schools Threatened--A Serious Danger to be Averted" dated April 12, 1894. Regarding the possibility that the superintendent's office will be removed.

GLC10051.43

Indian School Welfare

One pamphlet entitled, "Indian School Welfare" dated April 27, 1894. Regarding the possibility that the superintendent's office will be removed.

GLC10051.44

Civil Service Reform Essential to a Successful Indian Administration

One pamphlet entitled, "Civil Service Reform Essential to a Successful Indian Administration" dated April 1895. Pertains to the internal organization of the Indian Service office.

GLC10051.45.01

Civil Service Reform Essential to a Successful Indian Administration

Two items printed by the Indian Rights Association. Consists of a pamphlet and its insert.

GLC10051.45

Senator Intrigue and Inspector Noseby

One pamphlet entitled, "Senator Intrigue and Inspector Noseby" dated May 15, 1895. Pertains to the spoils system.

GLC10051.45.02

Senator Intrigue and Inspector Noseby

One pamphlet entitled, "Senator Intrigue and Inspector Noseby" dated May 15, 1895. Pertains to the spoils system. (second copy of GLC10051.45.02)

GLC10051.46

Ring Rule

One pamphlet entitled, "Ring Rule" dated February 13, 1896. Critiques the spoils system.

GLC10051.47

Held Up By the Senate

One pamphlet entitled, "Held Up By the Senate" dated February 24, 1896. Opposes government officials selected by appointment.

GLC10051.48