1890

Document

Title: Payroll timesheet

One undated document. A printed payroll document with notations on the back.

GLC03007.56.27

20 May 1895

Envelope

Title: Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 20, 1895.

GLC03007.56.28

15 August 1893

Envelope

Title: Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated August 15, 1893.

GLC03007.56.29

24 May 1892

Envelope

Title: Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 24, 1892.

GLC03007.56.30

12 November 1894

Envelope

Title: Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated November 12, 1894.

GLC03007.56.31

1890

Envelope

Title: Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One undated envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada.

GLC03007.56.32

28 June 1894

Envelope

Title: Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated June 28, 1894.

GLC03007.56.33

January 11, 1893

Envelope

Title: Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 11, 1893.

GLC03007.56.34

1890

Scrapbook

Title: [Scrapbook featuring an image of John Brown]

One scrapbook that originaly held the rest of GLC03007.56, which has been removed from the scrapbook. The scrapbook also contains notes on the first page and the image of John Brown.

GLC03007.56.35

15 November 1892

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Object

Title: Pressed flower

One pressed flower contained in a letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross. (GLC03007.56.04.01)

GLC03007.56.04.02

15 November 1892

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Header Record

Title: [Letter and flower to Alexander Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]

One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross.

GLC03007.56.04

16 November 1896

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Object

Title: [Pressed flower]

One pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross contained in a letter dated November 16, 1896. (GLC03007.56.08.01)

GLC03007.56.08.02

16 November 1896

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Header Record

Title: [Letter and pressed flower to Alexander Milton Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]

One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 16, 1896.

GLC03007.56.08

February 19, 1894

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Object

Title: [Pressed flower sent to Alexander Milton Ross]

One pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated February 19, 1894. Sent with a letter, GLC03007.56.19.01.

GLC03007.56.19.02

February 19, 1894

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Header Record

Title: to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated February 19, 1894. Accompinied by a pressed flower.

GLC03007.56.19

1859/11/20

Doyle, Mahala, fl. 1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Brown

By the widow and mother of three men killed by Brown in the Pottawatomie massacre: "My son John whose life I begged of [you] is grown up and is very desirous to be at Charlestown on the day of your execution, would certainly be there if his means would permit it, that he might adjust the rope around your neck."Published in the Liberator, 16 December 1859. Also quoted in Robert Penn Warren's John Brown: The Making of a Martyr (1929).

GLC07590

1722/12/03

Sewell, Samuel, 1652-1730

Document signed

Title: Order to search for kidnapped slave signed by Sewall as Chief Justice

Order signed by Sewall as Chief Justice of Massachusetts.

GLC07448

1860/08/13

Blamire, George W., fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Hurst re: ex-slave writes to former master

"Who would have thought...that I would be leading a band at one of the most fashenable [sic] watering holes in the state and I thank you for it and... do not think I ever shal[l] be able to pay you for the many favors you have sho[w]ne. I can never... forget the way you raised me. I do not think you would have done anymore... if I had been a white boy."

GLC07584

1881

Smith, James L., fl. 1816

Book

Title: Autobiography of James L. Smith

One book entitled Autobiography of James L. Smith dated 1881. Smith writes about his life being enslaved as well as his escape, service in the Civil War and life after the war. The book is broken into twelve chapters.

GLC09945

1885

Stroyer, Jacob, 1849-1908

Book

Title: My Life in the South

One book entitled My Life in the South by Jacob Stroyer published 1885. The first section of the narrative covers Stroyer's fifteen years in slavery. It provides information about his family, describes life at his master's summer seat, and discusses the physical abuse he endured at the hands of the Singleton plantation's overseer. Stroyer also discusses the emotional strain that the slave trade put on his and other slave families. The rest of the narrative is a series of brief anecdotes about slave life, culture, beliefs, and interactions with masters and slaves.

GLC09946

1849

Brown William W., 1814-1884

Book

Title: Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

One book written by William W. Brown entitled "Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave" dated 1849. The book is broken into fourteen chapters that concern his life as an enslaved person in St. Louis and elsewhere.

GLC09931

1880

Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884

Book

Title: My Southern Home: Or, The South and Its People

One book entitled "My Southern Home: Or, The South and Its People" written by William Wells Brown and published in 1880. Brown is a noted abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. This book is broken into twenty nine chapters and covers events from Brown's life as an enslaved person as well as events surrounding the emancipation and life after. The book focuses on relations between the white and black people in the south pre, during and after the Civil War.

GLC09932

1927

Anderson, Robert Ball, 1843-1930

Book

Title: From Slavery to Affluence: Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-Slave

One book entitled "From Slavery to Affluence: Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-Slave" written by Robert Ball Anderson dated 1927. Recounts Anderson's life as an enslaved person. In 1864, Anderson heard that a Union recruiting officer was nearby the Kentucky plantation where he was enslaved. He decided to escape and recounts, "I went to my old master and talked it over with him. At first he was angry, then he told me I would have to decide for myself what I wanted to do, and that if I wanted to go, for me to go. He seemed to sense the fact that the slavery of the past was over, and that a new…

GLC09935

1902

Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar, 1823-1915

Book

Title: Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Centuries

One book entitled Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Centuries by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs with an introduction by Booker T. Washington dated 1902. An autobiography that recalls a life of myriad transformations - from a youth of poverty to success in gold rush California to election as the first black municipal judge in America to service as the American consul to Madagascar. It also offers historical sidelights such as the underground railroad the author knew first hand. The book is broken into thirty three chapters.

GLC09937

circa 1871

Camminos, Manuel, fl. 1871

Header Record

Title: [Manuscript documents recording the sale of enslaved children in Cuba][Decimalized .01-.03]

Collection of three legal documents related to the sale of enslaved children in Cuba dated approximately 1871.

GLC09958