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circa 1833
Madison, James, 1751-1836
[Temperance document]
Urges Americans, especially young men, to refrain from drinking alcohol. Signed by Andrew Jackson, James Madison, and John Quincy Adams. Docket on verso.
GLC04006.01
1855-1886
McNear, Franklin E., fl. 1855-1886
Autograph book and letter from Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC04035
Collection of autographs, quotations, and letters.
Consists of eighty-four signatures, most of which were obtained by McNear between 1860 and 1861. Incorporating numerous historical figures, the book includes autographs from (among others) Horace Greeley, James Buchanan, William Lloyd Garrison...
GLC04035.02
13 January 1851
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
to Mary Ann Jackson
Inquiring if Jackson can try to interest her neighbors in the American Missionary Association and give them copies of the Association's publications. Writes, "Are there no other Christians in your place and neighborhood [whom] Mr R. and yourself can...
GLC04239
1828
Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836
A system of penal law for the United States of America ...
Title continues, "consisting of a Code of crimes and punishments; a Code of procedure in criminal cases; a Code of prison discipline; and a Book of definitions. Prepared and presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, by Edward...
GLC04165
December 1, 1833
American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank
Printed membership certificate signed by Madison as President and R. R. Gurley as Secretary. The American Colonization Society resettled Black freedpeople in Liberia. D.B. Mattern letter 6/14/96, Madison accepted the presidency per his 19 February...
GLC04675.02
7 November 1836
Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
to Elizur Wright
Lundy writes to Wright, a fellow abolitionist. Lundy is on a committee organizing a convention held to establish a state anti-slavery society. The convention will meet at Harrisburg 19 December, and Lundy solicits Wright's participation. Signed by...
GLC04372.01
May 30, 1854
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
to Alexander S. Latty
Urges him to sign and circulate a petition concerning slavery he is working on with Senator Benjamin Franklin Wade. Writes "...it is time to have a Democracy of the People against the Oligarchy of the Slaveholder. So sir, I pray you, If our call...
GLC00018
1853
Northup, Solomon, 1808-?
Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the red river, in Louisiana.
Published in Auburn by Derby and Miller; Buffalo, New York by Derby, Orton and Mulligan; and Cincinnati, Ohio by Henry W. Derby. Woodcut illustrations. Northup dedicates the book to Harriet Beecher Stowe.
GLC05840
3 September 1840
to Theodore Sedgwick
Tappan, an abolitionist supporting the freedom of the Amistad Africans, discusses a letter from Roger Sherman Baldwin to Sedgwick. States that Mr. B. (Baldwin) requests the advice of Sedgwick and Seth Staples regarding the trial. Refers to Judge T...
GLC05799
1855
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
My bondage and my freedom. Part I : Life as a slave. Part II : Life as a freeman. By Frederick Douglass with an introduction. By James McCune Smith.
Published by Miller, Orton & Mulligan. Includes an engraving of a young Douglass by J. C. Buttre from a daguerreotype. Signed on front free yellow endpaper by Maggie R. Marriott 1 June 1861.
GLC05820
1839
American Anti-Slavery Society
The American anti-slavery almanac, for 1839.
With original yellow wrappers and illustrations for almost every month. Illustrations depict the horrors of slavery. Contains ink stains. Published for the Anti-Slavery Society by S. W. Benedict.
GLC05826
1832
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Thoughts on African Colonization
Early critique of the Colonization Society. Published by Garrison & Knapp.
GLC05830
Hale, Sarah J.B., 1788-1879
Liberia; or Mr. Peyton's experiments.
304 pages of text followed by twelve pages of advertisements. Published by Harper & Brothers. Contains sticker from Bryant Circulatory Library Association of Roslyn, New York.
GLC05831
United States. Congress (26th: 1839-1841). House
Report of the committee on the judiciary. Relative to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and in relation to the colored population of this country.
Printed by Boas & Coplan. Signed on front cover by "J. H. Battain." "Slavery is justly deplored by every good man, as a great evil, and one which should be removed as speedily as the safety and welfare of the country will permit, but let it not be...
GLC05837
1856
Thompson, John, 1812-?
The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave; containing his history of 25 years in bondage, and his providential escape. [incomplete]
First edition. Incomplete copy lacking pages 99-106 in chapter 15. In the introduction, Thompson writes: "I am aware that now, when public opinion makes it no martyrdom to denounce slavery, there are multitudes of men that grow bold, and wield a...
GLC05841
24 April 1834
Whittier, John G., 1807-1892
to Samuel J. May
Whittier writes to May, an ardent abolitionist: "Until connected with the Cause of Anti-Slavery I never knew what friendship was... engaged in this holy cause of Truth & Love, I have found high & pure hearts beating in perfect unison... No matter...
GLC05720
22 July 1851
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
to Thomas Robinson Hazard
Clay writes from Ashland, his estate, to Hazard, the noted reformer. Declines an invitation to visit Hazard in Rhode Island, relating that he will not be able to leave home this summer due to ill health. Also due to his health, this letter is...
GLC05721
1844
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the negroes of the British West Indies
Speech by Emerson attacking slavery, one of his earliest statements in support of abolition. First edition. Published by James Munroe and Company.
GLC05766
1854/02/26
Phelps, Anson, fl. 1854
New York Colonization Society certificate of membership for Alexander Fraser
Certificate of membership for life for Alexander Fraser of Fowlerville. The certificate has a large engraving at top showing a white man shaking the hands of thankful naked Africans while a ship rides at anchor in the background. Two scriptural...
GLC05781
circa 1850s
Longfellow, Henry W., 1807-1882
[Allegorical verses on slavery]
Written in Harriet Beecher Stowe's hand. Her clipped signature ("H B Stowe") has been pasted to the end of the poem. Despite being in Stowe's hand and having the addition of Stowe's signature, both poems are actually 1842 works on slavery by Henry...
GLC05570
2 December 1859
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Martyrdom of John Brown
Program created by Thoreau for the funeral service for John Brown to be held in the Concord Town Hall on December 2nd. Event will include "Reading of pertinent passages. Selections from Brown's last words. Service for the death of a martyr." Also...
GLC05925.02
circa 1837
Southard, Nathaniel, fl. 1837
The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States.
Labeled Vol. 1 no. 3. Southard serves as editor. Published by D. K. Hitchcock. With front paper engraving depicting William [Lloyd] Garrison attempting to chop down a tree labeled "Slavery" while a minister, soldier, businessman and President Van...
GLC05939
1827
Prison Discipline Society
Second annual report of the board of managers of the Prison Discipline Society Boston, June 1, 1827
Describes theories and practices of housing criminals. Includes a financial review of the Prison Discipline Society for the year including funds collected, funds appropriated, etc. Other sections are titled, "Principle Evils," in which problems at...
GLC05947
1829
House of Refuge, fl. 1860
The First annual report of the House of Refuge of Philadelphia with an appendix
Summarizes the management of the House of Refuge for the first year, a juvenile detention center. Details the accounts for the year, prints the members of the board, and has illustrations and diagrams of the building and grounds. Lists donations...
GLC05948
1854
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
Dedication of Antioch College, and Inaugural address of its president
[title continued] "Hon. Horace Mann; with other proceedings." Printed by O. S. Dean. Education reform.
GLC06027.01
1859/09/08
Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891
Integral education. An inaugural address, delivered at Antioch College...
[title continued] "... , of Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio." Published by Little Brown. Education reform.
GLC06027.02
January 1854
Hastings & Green
Catalogue of Antioch College for 1853 - 1854
List of faculty by "class" (of knowledge), with admissions, course requirements and information on preparatory school and coeducation.
GLC06027.03
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833.
Leaflet published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, printed by William S. Dorr. Concludes with "We charge upon the existing national government, that it is an insupportable despotism, wielded by a power which is superior to all legal and...
GLC06200
1850/09/30
Colonization society membership certificate for Millard Fillmore [slavery]
Certificate countersigned by William McLain. Certificate made out to Fillmore as President of the US. Damaged, with slight loss of paper at top center.
GLC06216
1845
Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880
Letters from New York : Second series.
Second volume of journalism published by author and abolitionist Child. Includes a chapter on the rights of women. First edition. Printed by C.S. Francis (New York) and J. H. France (Boston). BAL 3152.
GLC06218
1860
Dall, Caroline H., fl. 1860
"Woman's right to labor," or, Low wages and hard work : in three lectures, delivered in Boston, November, 1859.
First edition. Published by Walker, Wise and Company.
GLC06220
Fuller, Margaret, fl. 1855
Woman in the nineteenth century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition and duties of woman
Edited by her brother, Arthur B. Fuller. Introduction by Horace Greeley.
GLC06221
1851-1854
[The Proceedings of the woman's rights conventions].
Compilation of the 1850 through 1854 women's rights conventions. Contents include the 1850 convention held at Worcester; the 1851 convention held at Worcester; the 1852 convention held in Syracuse; the 1853 convention held at the Broadway Tabernacle...
GLC06228
3 January 1840-31 Decemeber 1847
The liberator. [Vol. 10, no. 1 (January 3, 1840) - v. 17. no. 53 (December 31, 1847)]
Run of 416 weekly issues of the famous anti-slavery newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison.
GLC06109
1850
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
Elihu Burritt's miscellaneous writings
Published by Thomas Drew, Jr. Printed wrappers with illustration, including a print of Burritt. Second edition. Includes the essay "Buying a Brother from Bondage" which describes the purchase of Frederick Douglass' freedom. Cover and some inner...
GLC06118
1835
Battey, Joel, 1790-?
Address of the Starksborough and Lincoln anti-slavery society to the public.
First edition, presented to Kimball 8 November 1834. Printed by Knapp and Jewett. In faded orange wrappers as issued. With printed constitution of the Society inside rear wrapper. Kimball signed outer cover. A note written on title page...
GLC06137
1857
J.O.E., fl. 1857
Attention South!! Abolish slavery.
Abolitionist folk art depicting a Black man as weeping and chained and shackled, surrounded by green curtains with yellow tassels. At top left are the words "Attention South!!" with the word "Abolish" at left and "Slavery" at right, signed in block...
GLC06140
1844-1858
Harmon, David P., 1800-1869
Collection of abolitionist materials including letters, documents and printed [Decimalized .01- .29]
Includes 15 ALS's by notable figures in abolitionist movement, large printed broadside (printing map at top) for election of 1856 (Fremont). Many of the letters discuss arrangements for lectures by abolitionists such as Lucy Stone, the Crafts...
GLC06143
1837
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
Proceedings of the Pennsylvania convention, assembled to organize a state anti-slavery society, at Harrisburg, on the 31st of January and 1st, 2d and 3d of February 1837.
Printed by Merrihew and Gunn. Cites participants, including Lewis Tappan from the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and John Greenleaf Whittier from Massachusetts.
GLC06146
1838
Parker, Mary, fl. 1838
Address to the free colored people of the United States
Published by Merrihew and Gun. Stab Stitched.
GLC06893
1852/07/05
Oration delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester
First Edition by Lee, Mann & Co. Douglass' famous fourth of July oration, given on the fifth. Douglass was asked by the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society to give the oration on the fourth, choosing the topic "the meaning of the Fourth to the...
GLC06829
1842
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842
The duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole
In original wrappers. Channing argues in favor of the slaves who had taken over the Creole, a slave ship. Steering towards the British West Indies, they won freedom under British law, even though the U.S. attempted to reclaim them. Blockson...
GLC06835
1836
Stuart, Charles, fl. 1836
A memoir of Granville Sharp
First edition; early publisher's cloth. Includes Patrick Reason's first published portrait engraving. Reason was an black artist. Collateral to Lincoln manuscript GLC 5302, referring to Granville Sharp.
GLC06841
1851/11/22
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
to President King, Columbia College; discusses Fugitive Slave Law
Printed circulat letter, addressed in Smith's hand.
GLC06852
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Right and Wrong in Boston. Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Soc.
Subtitle: "Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-slavery Society, with a sketch of obstacles thrown in the way of emancipation by certain clerical abolitionists and advocates for the subjection of women." Printed by Isaac Knapp. 16mo. Rebound...
GLC06860
1854/10/23
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
to Charles T. Beach re: printed circular letter on anti-slavery
"The present is the most auspicious period for the diffusion of antislavery statements." Counter signed by Francis Jackson.
GLC06862
1833
An Appeal in the Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
First book of American abolitionist movement; inscribed in pencil with respects of "the author" to J. J. Dixwell. Exlibris stamp of Meadville Theological School on top, with duplicate sold stamp. Includes engravings.
GLC06867
1830
Andrews, Charles C., fl. 1830
The history of the New-York African free-school, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time; embracing a period of more than forty years: also a brief account of the succesful labors of the New-York Manumission Society
Written by Andrews as the principal of the African Free School. Printed by Mahlon Day at 376 Pearl Street in New York. First edition copy. Includes engraving of the school building, from a drawing by a student, opposite the title page. Provides a...
GLC06084
22 January 1849
Brown, John, 1800-1859
to Willis A. Hodges
Discusses arrangements at North Elba, and upcoming plans for this African American farming settlement. Says money is being raised to help the "infant colony," urges residents not to lay out plots yet, but instead cut wood. Also discusses the...
GLC06615
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