circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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 put forth active exertions for the overthrow of the system." Docketed "passed." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.07

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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 GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.08

1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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: on board the Brig Creole]..." Written in ink with graphite insertions. Circa date based on the 1841 mutiny on board the Creole. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.09

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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 conscientiously walk with the Church on account of its proslavery influence, to stay away from its seasons of Communion." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10. Docketed "Baptist Church: A Resolution for the Relief of Certain Brethren & Sisters."

GLC06593.11

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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 expressing their abhorrence of it & sympathy with the female portion of the population who are exposed to its influence; and especially with the million & a quarter in our own land who have no protection for their virtue." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on content and GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.13

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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 would not leave the Table were a slaveholder or the Devil to take a seat there." Third proposition will discuss releasing abolitionists from Church Covenant, discontinuing their requirement to attend Church meetings. The fourth proposition will cover the duty of abolitionists and the privileges sacred to abolitionists by the Church. Contains…

GLC06593.14

circa 1841

Bliss, J. F., fl. 1841

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 & immorality & therefore the laws of the Bible positively forbid the sin of Slavery; & require us the subjects under the King to labor according to the rules of the Bible & devoutly to pray for its removal & to have no fellowship with it anywhere." Marked as "A Copy." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on content and…

GLC06593.15

circa 1841

Eager, William, fl. 1841

Document signed

Title: [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 GLC06593.09.

GLC06593.16

circa 1841

Letter

Title: 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. Relates that if Smith addresses the convention, his address should be basic, since many people in Madison and Oneida Counties are not yet familiar with the anti-slavery movement. Comments on other details of the convention. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location inferred from content.

GLC06593.17

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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

circa 1841

Cooke, J. F., fl. 1841

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 signature on page two. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location inferred from GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.19

circa 1840-1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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 bottom of the page, contains a resolution written in graphite: "Resolved, That the present position & movements of the two great political parties of the day are such as to promise no hope to the Friends of Liberty, & that these circumstances fully justify the organization of a Liberty party." Circa date and location inferred from content.

GLC06593.20

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [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 Colonization Society having beginnings in the South, and other topics.

GLC06593.21

17 March 1837

Keller, Thomas, fl. 1837

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 the court. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.01

4 May 1839

Lucas, John B.C., fl. 1839

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 Ruland. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.02

2 January 1843

Paul, Rene, fl. 1843

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 as a servant, until the said Ophelia shall attain the age of eighteen years." If Paul should die within that time, Ophelia will be freed from servitude. States he brought Ophelia's mother Makelia. Signed by three witnesses. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, John Ruland. Docketed by clerk on a…

GLC08564.03

18 May 1852

White, John R., fl. 1852

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, M. S. Cerre. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.04

20 November 1857

McCune, John S., fl. 1857

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 service to Johnathan Jones, to whom she was hired. Signed by two witnesses. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, Stephen Rice. With seal of the court. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.05

4 March 1858

Blaine, John R., fl. 1858

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of manumission for slave Susan Reilly]

Blaine emancipates his slave Susan, "being an able bodied healthy woman now about forty two years of age..." Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, Stephen Rice. With seal of the court. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.06

7 November 1860

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. West [incomplete]

Says he arrived in Foochow on 26 October after a 14 day voyage from Hong Kong. Ran into a northeast monsoon along the way. Says "Foochow is one of the few places I have never visited before on the coast of China." Goes on to describe the city, saying it only recently became an important city in the tea trade and that the Min River, which empties at Foochow, is very dangerous. Says the first thing he did upon arriving in port was a "regular house cleaning," and says the ship now looks like "a pretty girl rigged up for a ball, the handsomest craft, here!" Has taken on 200 tons of tea after…

GLC03836.01

14 March 1856

Miller, George S., fl. 1856

Printed document signed

Title: [Pass allowing Lewis West to leave the Victorian Docks in London]

Pass permiting Mr. Lewis West, the mate of "the Ship Screamer @ Calcutta to enter or quit the Dock up to 9 o'Clock, so long as the Vessel remains in Dock." Signature is sloppy and might not say "George S. Miller."

GLC03836.02

6 June 1860

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. West

References his mother's and Mary's letters. Says he is finally in Shanghai "after one of the hardest passages I ever made, to, or from, the Indies." Says their sails froze to the mast in January and they could barely get them set. Goes on to describe the bad weather of the voyage in detail, including running into a hurricane after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. Says the voyage to China took 142 days and said "It is a relief to find other people worse off than yourself, so I was exceedingly pleased to learn that the, Magenta, a rival clipper, which sailed 8 days before us, was not yet arrived…

GLC03836.03

30 May 1853

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lewis Hayden

He has been so busy getting his affairs in order to leave for Washington that he hasn't had time to reply to Hayden. Writes that Wendell Phillips properly named McLean when he called him the "Western Miscreant." Possibly refering to John McLean, an American jurist and politician who served in Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts. Wendell Phillips was an American abolitionist, Native American advocate, and orator.

GLC07483.18