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10 October 1854
Tennessee Slave Sale
Estate sale including "Elisha a negro woman...& her child Lucinda...Terms Cash..."Manuscript attached below printed "Clerk's Sale" banner.
GLC08293
01 July 1857
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
to TJ Seward
Seeking support for petition favoring "compensated emancipation" and a call for a national convention: "If you would send also one influential name from each of the other two political parties, you would do a valuable service to the movement..."
GLC08294
19 July 1853
Thompson Brown, Ruth, fl. 1853
to Mary A. Brown
Re: activities at family home in NY, missing her parents, and the possilility of John Brown joining the Congregational church: "father is just such a man as we want in our church."
GLC08296
August 1860
C. E. Cate & Co.
[Advertisement for clothing for slaves from New Orleans, Louisiana]
Circular advertises slave shoes and hats by type, virtues, and price aimed at plantation owners who would have to clothe many slaves for reasonable prices. This company specialized in clothing products for slaves. The circular was published a few...
GLC08210
10 August 1830
McDonald, Hugh S., fl. 1830
[Deed of emancipation for a Negro named Harry].
GLC08211
15 October 1831
Vinton, John, fl. 1831
to his mother
Vinton, a captain of a northern regiment assisted in the suppression of Nat Turner's slave rebellion: "I doubt if any active movement against the slaves will be necessary...[They] however are irresponsible and reckless and it is difficult to foresee...
GLC08258
5 April 1884
Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895
to F. B. Sanborn
Transmittal letter returning proofs not included to John Brown's biographer, correcting events and names of participants at Pottawatomie Creek. He states that his brother, Frederick, "did not have a hand in the execution of those men, though thought...
GLC08260
24 November 1856
to Gerrit Smith
Written right after his release from arrest in Lindenbille, Ohio: "All of our Family have now returned from Kansas, except my brother Frederick who was shot in cold blood a few hours before the battle of Osawattomie. We have not however given over...
GLC08361
circa 1852
[Slave Trade Map]
Depicting infamous African slave port of Lindi at the mouth of the Lindi River, terminus of East African Arab slave route.
GLC08363
1847
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave
Inscribed: "From his sincere friend." To N. B. Spooner.
GLC08365
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