1834

Beals Homer & Co.

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth, at the Trials of Abner Kneeland

JB00120

February 1836

The American Seamen's Friend Society

Magazine

Title: The Sailor's Magazine, And Naval Journal [Vol. 8 No. 6 (February 1836)]

JB00121

1834

New-York Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society

Pamphlet

Title: Address of the New-York Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society, to Their Fellow-Citizens.

JB00122

1861

Pamphlet

Title: History And Evidence of the Passage of Abraham Lincoln from Harrisburg, PA., to Washington, D.C. on the 22d and 23d of February, 1861

JB00123

Southern, Thomas,

Pamphlet

Title: Oroonoko; A Tragedy, in Five Acts.

JB00124

Howard and Evans

Pamphlet

Title: The Happy Negro

JB00125

1775

Flexney, W., fl. 1775

Pamphlet

Title: The Dying Negro, A Poem.

JB00126

1773

Pamphlet

Title: Alvara Obviando ao impio, e deshumano abuso, com que no reino do Algarve

JB00127

1963

Tatler Publishing Co., fl. 1963

Pamphlet

Title: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) and the Federal City He Loved

One pamphlet entitled, "John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) and the Federal City He Loved," dated 1963. Printed as a tribute after Kennedy's assassination. Contains photographs of him, his family and his life in Washington D.C.

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1975

The Hoover Institution

Pamphlet

Title: One Hundred Years After the Birth of Herbert Hoover: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace in 1975

One copy of "One Hundred Years After the Birth of Herbert Hoover: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace in 1975," dated 1975. Contains a biography of Herbert Hoover; plans for his centennial; features essays by research fellows who complete research at The Hoover Institution.

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13 September 1862

Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper

Engraving

Title: A Negro Funeral

One engraving entitled "A Negro Funeral" dated September 13, 1862. The engraving features 11 African American men walking beside a horse-drawn funeral coach driven by another man. The engraving has been colored in.

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1851

Wm, S. Orr, & Co., fl. 1851

Engraving

Title: Negro Race

One engraving entitled "Negro Race" published by Wm S. Orr & Co dated 1851. Engraving features four Africans, two as portraits and two as profiles. In the center of the portraits there is a skull in profile. Each image is labeled with a number between 1 and 5. The engraving is possibly related to eugenics.

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circa 1810

Engraving

Title: Negroes just landed from a Slave Ship

One engraving entitled "Negroes just landed from a Slave Ship" dated circa 1810. Features a group of enslaved people on a beach with a ship in the background. The group is bracketed by two white men.

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13 June 1820

Hill and Moore

Newspaper

Title: New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette [Vol. 2, no. 24 (June 13, 1820)]

One issue of the New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette dated June 13, 1820. Newspaper contains advertisements, proclamations by President James Monroe, and auctions. The proclamations concern the selling of government land in the district of Detroit, as well as land in Ohio, Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri, and Indiana.

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1833

Engraving

Title: Der Sclavenhandel [In German]

One page of engravings entitled "Der Sclavenhandel" dated 1833. The engravings are gathered on the page as an illustration of the slave trade. The top image features people being herded away from a village towards a ship. In the foreground is a person hugging children as they are threated by a man holding a stick. The lower engraving features the layout of the hold of a slave ship. It illustrates the conditions for the enslaved people in the ship.

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1840

Scriven, E., fl. 1840

Engraving

Title: Engraving of William Wilberforce

One portrait engraving of William Wilberforce dated 1840. Willberforce is seated and holding a watch. In the background is a bookcase and a curtain.

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13 June 1781

Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817

Newspaper

Title: The Freeman's Journal [No. 8 (June 13, 1781)]

One issue of The Freeman's Journal dated June 13, 1781. Features an article concerning the passage of a bill connected to the gradual abolition of slavery that would re enslave people that were already freed in Westmorland County. There are also printed letters from Nathaniel Greene, and Henry Lee.

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5 Jaunuary-28 December 1833

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Facsimile

Title: The Liberator [Vol. 3 No. 1 - Vol. 3 No. 52 (January 5, 1833-December 28, 1833)]

One bound volume of The Liberator containing issues from January 5, 1833 - December 28, 1833. Volume contains a years worth of issues. The issues contain poems, current events and abolition news.

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26 June 1835

Blair & Rives

Newspaper

Title: Extra Globe [Vol. 2 No. 5 (June 26, 1835)]

One issue of the Extra Globe dated June 26, 1835. Features an extensive article on Martin Van Buren's opinion on slavery in the territories specifically the Missouri Question. Also contains a small mention of Santa Anna entering the capitol of Zacatecas. Other articles include; The Constitution "Old Ironsides" arriving in the New York harbor and Opposition to the Martin Van Buren candidacy in Kentucky.

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19 August 1807

Newspaper

Title: Columbian Centinel [No. 2440 (August 19, 1807)]

One issue of the Columbian Centinel dated August 19, 1807. Contains public and shipping notices, as well as an article debating the political and economic results of a war at the present time.

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9 May 1808

Wagner, Jacob, fl. 1808

Newspaper

Title: The North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser [Vol. 1 No. 103 (May 9, 1808)]

One issue of The North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser dated May 9, 1808. Contains many advertisements and notices of sale. Of particular note is a runaway slave ad for an enslaved person by the name of Joe Key. He is described as five feet six inches tall. The ad also notes that he formerly belonged to Dr. Thorton from Washington. He escaped from Marmaduke Williams a member of the North Carolina congress. There is also a sale notice for "A Negro Woman, who has about 12 years to serve, with a Male Child two years old. The Woman is accustomed to house work." The newspaper also…

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17 December 1808

Newspaper

Title: Portsmouth Oracle [Vol. 20 No. 11 (December 17, 1808)]

One issue of the Portsmouth Oracle dated December 17, 1808. Contains an article concerning an embargo on American goods being exported to other countries in order to protect American merchants. The newspaper also contains advertisements and public notices.

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1 August 1787

Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845

Newspaper

Title: The Massachusetts Centinel [Vol. 7 No. 39. (August 1, 1787)]

One issue of The Massachusetts Centinel dated August 1, 1787. Features the opinion of Hector St. John, a farmer, on slavery. There are also advertisements and articles including a poem entitled "Ode on the Anniversary of American Independence."

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February 23, 1796

Newspaper

Title: Greenleaf's New-York Journal, Extra [Vol. 1 No. 15 (February 23, 1796)]

One issue of Greenleaf's New-York Journal, Extra dated February 23, 1796. Features an account of the minutes of the legislature of New York for January 19, 1796 to January 28, 1796. Of particular note is a mention of a bill on the gradual abolition of slavery.

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30 May 1863

Harper's Weekly

Newspaper

Title: Harpers Weekly [(May 30, 1863)]

One page of the May 30, 1863 issue of Harper's weekly. Features various advertiments as well as a political cartoon entitled "The Slave Owner's Spectre."

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