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[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 3]

"Resolved that American Slavery is fortified by law, & that the law is made by the Law Maker, & that the lawmaker is made by the votes of the people, thus making the people of the South clearly responsible for the continuance of slavery, in the...

GLC06593.06

[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 4]

"Resolved that the Church of Jesus Christ by its Constitution & its principles, is bound to use its influence against American Slavery, & that as it is an appointed means for the reformation of the world, that Church is delinquent in which does not...

GLC06593.07

[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 6]

"Resolved that the institution of Slavery derives its Sustentation from sordid selfishness & unholy love of gain, that it is opposed... to the principles of the gospel of the blessed Saviour..." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on...

GLC06593.08

[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 9]

"Resolved, That we hail with joy... the prompt refusal of the British authorities of Nassau, to deliver up at the instance of the American consul, to the United States, the 19 [inserted: colored men] who took an active part in the struggle [inserted...

GLC06593.09

[Anti-Slavery Society resolution approving of the principles and practice of Gerrit Smith]

Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Praised by the abolitionists in Madison and Onondaga County, New York.

GLC06593.10

[Resolution calling the Baptist Church to officially oppose American slavery]

"Resolved that until this Church shall by some vote or Resolution manifest an opposition to American Slavery, & a disfellowship for slaveholders, it shall not be deemed a breach of Covenant obligations for Brethren and Sisters, who cannot...

GLC06593.11

[Resolution of a church refusing to receive slaveholders in the pulpit or communion]

Church is unspecified. Based on GLC06593.11, possibly a Baptist Church. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.12

[Resolution regarding the licentious principles of slavery]

"From the Advocate of Moral Reform. Resolution passed at the last meeting of the Parent Society Resolved that the licentious principles & practice which form an inherent part of the system of Slavery wherever it exists, warrant this society in...

GLC06593.13

[Four propositions for abolitionists]

Appears to be an outline written by the superintendent of Sabbath School in a Baptist church, attempting to devise a plan to accommodate abolitionists in the congregation. An issue to be covered under this proposition regarding communion is: "When I...

GLC06593.14

[Bliss's opinion on slavery]

Bliss offers his opinion on slavery: "Slavery, being a most extensive tyranny by some over the rights of others interferes against the same exclusive rights in Christ to govern us all; as well as licences the tyrant extensively to enforce sin &...

GLC06593.15

[Signatures of an Otisco, New York committee]

Possibly an anti-slavery committee. Includes the signatures of members from the towns of Otisco, Pompey, Salina, Onondaga, Manlius, and Skaneateles (all in Onondaga County, New York). Bottom right quadrant is missing. Circa date based on GLC06593...

GLC06593.16

to Gerrit Smith [incomplete]

Discusses the upcoming Friends of Liberty Convention, with Smith, a New York abolitionist. Notes that one object of the Convention is to extend circulation of anti-slavery material to the abolitionists of Madison and Onondaga County, New York....

GLC06593.17

[List of names, possibly related to an anti-slavery society]

Contains men's and women's names categorized into seven groups. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location inferred from GLC06593.10. Possibly related to Onondaga and/or Madison County, New York.

GLC06593.18

[Number of church members who hold slaves in the United States]

Brief list citing the number of Methodists, Baptist, Campbellites and other religious denominations who hold slaves in the United States. Asserts that 604,000 total church members hold slaves in the United States. Includes a pencil note and Cooke's...

GLC06593.19

[Minutes of an Anti-Slavery Society meeting, related to the formation of the Liberty Party]

Names officers for the society, including J.C. Jackson (possibly the abolitionist James Caleb Jackson). Mentions passing three resolutions. In left margin, notes that another resolution will be discussed in the evening. Written in ink. At the...

GLC06593.20

[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

[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

An act to carry into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade.

Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen. Apparently disbound from a larger volume; consists of pages 357-384.

GLC08514.01

An Act for rectifying a clerical error in the Act of the present session, chapter forty, with respect to the African Slave Trade Treaty.

Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen. Disbound from a larger volume; consists of pages 941 and 942.

GLC08514.02

An Act to carry into effect an additional article on the Treaty of the Seventh Day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the suppression of the African slave trade.

Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen. Disbound from a larger volume; consists of pages 357-359.

GLC08514.03

[Deed of manumission for slave named Ester]

Signed by Keller stating, "I hereby emancipate & discharge from all obligation of service my slave named Ester aged about thirty nine years." Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, John Ruland. With seal of...

GLC08564.01

[Deed of manumission of slave Polly]

Emancipation document of Lucas's "negro woman Polly." Lists who she was brought from and who she was raised by. Witnessed by Charles D. Drake and Wilson Primm. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, John...

GLC08564.02

[Deed of manumission for slave Ophelia]

Document signed by Rene Paul emancipating his slave Ophelia on the condition that she remain as a servant. "...hereby do manumit and let free from slavery, my negro girl O'phelia, aged about three years, on condition...Ophelia...shall remain with me...

GLC08564.03

[Deed of manumission for slave Ann Simms]

Emancipation of a 23 year old female slave owned by Colonel John R. White and described as "of an orange color and about five feet seven inches in height." Lists her history and who he bought her from. Signed by three witnesses. Approved and...

GLC08564.04

[Deed of manumission for slave Rose Dixon]

McCune signs the emancipation of his female slave named Rose Dixon upon reaching 24 years of age. Sites the reason for emancipation as her mother Martha's faithful service. States that Rose will be free April 1873 after finishing her term of...

GLC08564.05