1856/12/10

Brown, John, 1800-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to brother and sister Adair re: concern for his son Owen

Written while on the run from authorities after Pottawatomie massacre: "Owen (my son) is I trust somewhere on the way from Iowa; but I have a good deal of anxiety about him, as I learn that I was hotly pursued even in Iowa. I can only say that God has miraculously preserved and spared us." Docketed.

GLC07229

1848/04/14

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Newspaper

Title: North star. [Vol. 1, no. 16 (April 14, 1848)]

Whole number 26. Includes poem "Farewell to Frederick Douglass" and Front page article "Mrs. Madison a slave dealer."

GLC07233

1851/12/04

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Newspaper

Title: Frederick Douglass' paper. [Vol. 4, no. 50 (December 12, 1851)]

Early issue. Confessions of a slave dealer

GLC07234

1852/08/23

Broadside

Title: $2,500 Reward! Mississippi Co., Missouri broadside advertising runaway slaves

Broadside advertising four runaway slaves and their characteristics, offering more compensation if captured in a free state. (With losses to text.)

GLC07238

1890/02/21

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Wm. R. Ware? re: illustrated letter on placement of Shaw 54th Mass. memorial

Letter concerning the placement of the Shaw Memorial for 54th (colored) Massachusetts Regiment near the Boston State House.

GLC07262

1862/12/17

Broadside

Title: A Desirable Farm containing 975 Acres and Six Negroes for Sale... [slaves]

Sale for this date for the estate of Alexander and Martha T. Fraser, 30 miles from Petersburg. "Any one having a large number of negroes, which they desire to place beyond the reach of the enemy, would do well to purchase this plantation." Loss at top left corner, affecting "F" in "Farm," and some loss of text at fold on bottom third of sheet.

GLC07212

1863 ca.

Sheldon, J.A., 1824-1886

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de Visite of [Sgt. Jacob Hart] in Co. E 47th Indiana and 1st Lt. U.S. Colored Infantry

Full length carte de visite of Jacob Hart, Sgt. in Co. E 47th Indiana. He also served as 1st Lt. in a U.S. Colored Infantry regiment.

GLC07219.01

1799/11/16

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Morton re: slave trade

"Put a stop to the exercise of the slave trade by our citizens. Spanish laws prohibit neutrals from trading to the main, unless they import a given number of what are called 'New Negroes,' meaning such as are immediately from Africa." Morton served as U.S. Consul in Havana. (Insect losses at edge of p. 1 affecting text.)

GLC07221

1862/07/21

Grant, William F., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Grant re: soldiers' reasons for enlistment

from Union soldier in Company D, 100th Pa.: "Soldiers say they never enlisted to fight for the freedom of the slaves and if they make this a war to eradicate slavery they will throw down their arms contrabands...I would drive them all into the sea and drown them." To his father. With patriotic envelope.

GLC07227

1865/04/14

Nichols, Henry, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Alfred Nichols re: fall of Richmond, nature of his troops

Written from soldier in 73rd U.S. Colored Infantry to brother, Captain in 4th Vermont. With envelope.

GLC07228

1839/06/09

Livingston, Crawfurd, 1811-1847

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Johnston Livingston] re: reflections on his trip to Savannah

Crawfurd writes that despite the oppressive climate, he enjoyed his trip to Savannah, where he stayed with Johnston's sister Sarah Minis. He remarks on various customs peculiar to the south, such as slavery.

GLC03107.04144

1896/01/31

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Typed document

Title: Address of Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, before the Hamilton Club, Chicago

With autograph corrections. Washington's address establishes that he believes in the African American to be the glue that holds and can hold the North and the South together. He believes that African Americans in both the North and South struggle to better themselves as individuals and as a people, and that this can help improve both regions.

GLC07934

1954/05/17

Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

Pamphlet signed

Title: Brown v. Topeka Board of Education. Inscribed to Peter H. Brandt.

The Supreme Court's Decision declaring segregated schools unconstitutional.

GLC07940

1862/11-1863/10

Chaffee, Samuel J., fl. 1862-1863

Autograph manuscript

Title: Diary of Captain Samuel J. Chaffee, Co. D, 49th Mass. Volunteers.

Seige of Port Hudson, battle descriptions, black soldiers, sketches, etc.

GLC07921

1871 ca.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph quotation signed

Title: "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 slavery and those who fought against it..."

GLC07926.01

1851/11/06

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: James M.H. Beale.

Forney, a pro-slavery candidate, was "in favor of the maintenance and faithful execution of the fugitive slave laws...and of the suppression of all further agitation of the slavery question."

GLC07927

1801/05/15

Ellery, Elmund, fl. 1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: Rhode Island issued warrant for seizure of the Schooner "Orange"

Schooner seized for trafficking slaves.

GLC07930

1833/08/28

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tilghman Ashurst Howard

Constitution, slavery, banking, methods of electing the President: "If I can...only succeed in banishing...corrupting influences...on the Constitution and [attempts] to make the government an engine of oppression to the people instead of the agent of their will..."

GLC07931

1843/05/08

Story, Joseph, 1779-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: John McDonogh.

Discusses "the rights of master and the interests of the slave" in reference to the idea of African colonization.

GLC07932

1794/12/26

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: The hiring of four slaves

"Having occasion to hire for the ensuing year four very able intelligent negro-men, I hereby authorize Mr. Peter Derieux to act for me therein, and oblige myself to pay whatever hire he may stipulate for me..."

GLC07936

1749/07/29

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter DeWitt re: slave trade

Robert Livingston, Jr. describes the multiple deaths of enslaved people on a trading vessel, and expresses disappointment at the financial loss.

GLC03107.04449

1749/10/04

Livingston, John, 1714-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter DeWitt re: orders for trade

John Livingston asks DeWitt to sell the remainder of his enslaved people, and also orders some cattle and pigs. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04451

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Men in front of tent

Pencil note "9997" on verso. Shows three white men outside of tent, one standing and wearing a kepi. An African American man (possibly a servant) stands to the right. Image affords a good view of the inside of the tent.

GLC03029.17

[1861]

Van Stavoren, J.H., fl. 1861

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of W.L. [Lindsay]

Van Stavoren imprint and blue two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "Yours truly, W.L. Lindsay[?], Capt. A.A.A.O., Chif. Ca[illegible] and Boss of Hdqr Negro." Three quarter length standing view in uniform.

GLC06272.02

[1864]

Moses & Piffet

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of S.P. Putnam

Moses & Piffet imprint and orange two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "S.P. Putnam, Capt. 20th U.S.C. Infty." Bust portrait in uniform.

GLC06358.01