16 November 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 779 (November 16, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Printed speech of New Jersey Governor Lewis Morris to that state's assembly. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.038

24 November 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 780 (November 24, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Printed speech of New York Colonial Governor George Clinton to that state's assembly. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.039

15 December 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 783 (December 15, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Printed speech of Pennsylvania Royal Governor George Thomas to that state's assembly and their reply. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.040

1858-1859

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave"] [Decimalized .01- .22]

The State vs. Cally, involving Calahil, a slave from Lawrence County, Alabama, who assaulted "with a gun & sythe blade with intent to kill a white person named John W. Roberts. . .", a slave catcher. Includes arrest warrant, Bill of Cost, 12 subpoenas, and notes between judge and jury. "The negro has a right of self defense, not only to protect his own life and limb, but to protect his master's property in him."

GLC08381

17 September 1850

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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-and can learn nothing satisfactory." To fellow abolitionist Francis Jackson.

GLC08387

23 April 1864

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Possibly an incomplete letter. Describes a fight that three gunboats had in Stono Inlet. Says the boats saw "a large party of contrabands whom a troop of cavalry were endeavoring to drive off. As the gunboats approached the slaves waded out as deep as they could, towards them and the cavalry commenced cutting and slashing away at them with their sabres." The gunboats fired a cannon and stopped the slaughter, taking in 70 blacks of both sexes and all ages. Describes a run-in with an ex-Congressman named Griswold and reports that "I dont think much of the intellect of South Carolinians, the…

GLC03836.64

5 November 1861

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. West

Sent this letter by a prize they took that morning. The prize was being sent back to Hampton Roads. Several hours after reporting for duty on the USS "Alabama," he was sent to Charleston to relieve the USS "Susquehanna," which was having engine troubles. Thinks the fleet that amassed in Hampton Roads is heading to Port Royal. Says Charleston is greatly effected by the presence of Union ships. Reports that "Some fugitive slaves who came off in the night, report that they had been employed throwing up entrenchments at Port Royal but had been obliged to leave as they were discovered by the…

GLC03836.26

January 20, 1862

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. West

References his mother and sister's letters of 19 and 20 December and another from 6 January. Mentions remembering his father riding on a pig's back down Seventh Street along the Schuylkill River. Says the fog has been bad lately, which helps ships run out of the harbor, but makes running in hard. Says 2 nights ago a boat with 3 contrabands came to their ship. Says 1 of the 3 was very intelligent and gave them valuable information about the harbor, as he had been in a pilot boat. Describes their escape. Says one was "a full blooded darky," another "a mulatto," and the other "so nearly white…

GLC03836.30

26 August 1862

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary West

Written by Lewis to his sister Mary. Continues the letter on 30 August and 5 September. Disparages where he is stationed, saying it is desolate and lacks civilized life. Says he has been made an executive officer again, due to personnel changes on the ship. Says he is at St. Andrews Sound because the "Alabama" has been under steam for over a year and cannot be trusted to make the trip north to be overhauled. Therefore they are waiting in Georgia for the machinery to come to them. Says the repairs are needed as dry rot is everywhere. At St. Simons three weeks before he "had the pleasure of a…

GLC03836.37

8 November 1838

Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873

Newspaper

Title: The Emancipator. [Vol. 3, no. 28, whole no. 132 (November 8, 1838)]

With previous owner's signature ("Robert. B. Blancher") signed along right margin of first page. Contains a lengthy treatise on the abolitionist movement. Includes articles on "Kidnapping under Color of U.S. Law" and "Martin Van Buren on Negro Suffrage," among other miscellaneous reports. Leavitt serves as editor. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.06

29 August 1850

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

Newspaper

Title: National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 14, whole no. 534 (August 29, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains the "Speech of Mr. Giddings Upon The Texas Bill And The President's Message," coverage of a fugitive slave bill debated the previous week in Senate, and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.29

5 September 1850

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

Newspaper

Title: National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 15, whole no. 535 (September 5, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains articles on "Fugitive Slaves at Harrisburg," the "Speech of Representative Thaddeus Stevens... on the California Question," and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.30

26 September 1850

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

Newspaper

Title: National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 18, whole no. 538 (September 26, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains articles on "Pro-Slavery: The Agitators and The Union," "The Fugitive Slave Bill" and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.32

12 December 1850

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

Newspaper

Title: National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 29, whole no. 549 (December 12, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes articles on the "The Fugitive Slave Law: Its Abortion and Failure!," "The Boston Slavehunt," and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.36

20 February 1851

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

Newspaper

Title: National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 39, whole no. 559 (February 20, 1851)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Small worm hole to center of front cover, affecting a slight amount of text. Contains selections from the Southern press, an article on "The Slavecatcher's Thanksgiving," and various other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.39

13 May 1856

Willard, Charles W., 1827-1880

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to Kansas.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 103 (34th Congress, 1st session). Willard, Secretary of State for Vermont, certifies these as a true copy of resolutions passed by Vermont in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress in May 1856. "Resolved, that the fugitive slave act of 1850 is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution of the United States..."

GLC08452.03

1850

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Pamphlet signed

Title: Daniel Webster's oration on the Compromise Bill

Published in Washington, D.C. by Gideon & Co., printers. Includes a dedication written on the front cover, likely to his brother-in-law James William Paige, stating "My dear friend & brother, accept this, as a copy of my last speech in Congress. Yours affectionately ... " Signed by Daniel Webster. Webster's speech supported the Compromise Bill of 1850, focusing on the following points: admission of California to the Union as a free state, the organization of New Mexico and Utah territories with no mention of slavery (the institution was to be decided upon by inhabitants of the…

GLC01946.47

circa 1852

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T. P. Chandler

Writes about speaking in the Senate: "Had I made that speech, I would have taken a vacation of a week or more. Now I wait the Civil Appropriation Bill, when I shall move an Amendment, that nothing be paid [to] the execution of the Fug. Sl. Bill, but that the same be repealed. On this I shall speak [in] a night." Marked Senate Chamber. Addressed to [T.] P. Chandler. Circa date inferred from content.

GLC02095.03

circa 1858

J.E., Farwell, & Co. (publishers), fl. 1852

Broadside

Title: [Broadside advertising The life and personal adventures of Uncle Tom, for 40 years a slave! Also, The surprising adventures of wild Tom...]

Autobiography of Uncle Tom Jones, aka Thomas H. Jones, with an additional biography of Wild Tom, a fugitive slave from South Carolina, included. Published in 1854 and 1858, this edition is offered by Boston's J.E. Farewell & Co., who boast of its veracity. They also claim that buying a copy serves the cause of humanity and affords relief to Uncle Tom Jones.

GLC05508.013.08

circa 1853-1863

Concanen & Lee, fl. 1853-1863

Print

Title: Uncle Sam.

Sheet music cover depicting a male runaway slave, Uncle Sam. "The Great Slave Song, respectfully dedicated to Anderson, the fugitive slave & sung with immense success by T. Maclagan." Written by G. W. Hunt with music by Frederic Archer.

GLC05508.013.11

18 October 1852

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.J. Grindall

Discusses the Fugitive Slave Law and his failed bid for 1852 Democratic nomination: "It would be a strange spectacle indeed if the Slave-holding state most interested in the maintenance of faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law should yield her support & give her electoral vote to General Scott."

GLC09112

February 12, 1863

White, Jonathon C., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The Weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 7 (February 12, 1863)]

General order no. 96, re. conscription. Biography of Stonewall Jackson. Some articles are translated into French. Article on back page has been cut out. Fugitive slave ads. Pink, gray, and white leaf and floral design.

GLC08177

29 March 1864

Gilbert, Thomas, fl. 1861-1864

Newspaper

Title: Daily sun. [Vol. 9, no. 196 (March 29, 1864)]

Northern News, printing of Lincoln's promotion of Grant to lieutenant general and Grant's reply. An editorial remarks on European support for the Southerners without removing their aversion to slavery. This issue contains at least four ads for fugitive slaves. An ad for rewards for the arrest of deserters includes names and physical descriptions of soldiers thought to be in the area. An inquiry about the chemical affinities of tobacco is discussed. A report details how confederate prisoners are being treated at Point Lookout, Maryland, including work, food, and inducement to leave the…

GLC05959.03.04

September 22, 1863

Morse, N.S., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 27, no. 226 (September 22, 1863)]

One issue of the Daily chronicle & sentinel dated September 22, 1863. Includes articles of a letter from the newly-elected governor of Alabama who dispels rumors of his supposedly reconstructive agenda, reports from Virginia, north Georgia, trans-Mississippi, north Alabama, and Tennessee that give indications of the war and its impact on the surrounding areas. Also printed is a special notice of a grievance that the George Railroad Company supplies Black employees with meat and money because they believe these men will be tempted to steal. Contains articles listing the names of enslaved…

GLC05959.07.02

6 December 1863

Morse, N.S., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Daily chronicle & sentinel. [Vol. 27, no. 355 (December 6, 1863)]

Yankee Estimates of Battle of Chattanooga, Siege of Knoxville. A detailed letter from Atlanta describes the recent mayoral election. An editorial implores the Confederate Congress to improve the currency situation through taxation. An article details the ways confederate prisoners are treated in Western prisons. Another article describes effective ways to pack cotton in wooden boxes to avoid moisture damage. A notice outlines the acts of plundering vandals from the North and encourages readers to treat them with contempt. There are slave ads and runaway slave ads in this issue. The newspaper…

GLC05959.07.04