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1836
Grimke, Angelina E., 1805-1879
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.
GLC08642
1867
Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905
Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery
Published by Little, Brown & Co. in Boston. Stereotyped and printed by John Wilson and Son in Cambridge. Dedicated to the citizens of Groton, who supported Boutwell in his career as a public servant. Contains 35 chapters, each one a different speech...
GLC08645
7 November 1849
Hutchinson, James P., fl. 1849
[Hutchinson's deposition regarding the theft of slaves] [fragment]
Location inferred from content. Hutchinson relates the theft of slaves by a group of armed men in Montgomery County, Texas, 1847. Hutchinson claims a group of men with Mr. Stoneum stole slaves from the Fowler plantation "by force of arms." First...
GLC08648
1863-1865
Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis [Decimalized .01-.12]
Pertains to a project to aid freed slaves by the army. Most documents in this collection are related to T. A. Walker, who served as Superintendent of Freedmen, District of West Tennessee. Consists mostly of financial records, and contains...
GLC08649
24 March 1864
Harris, Thomas H., fl. 1864-1865
[General order no. 31 regarding the designation of African American troops]
Lists numerical designations for troops of African descent. Issued by Thomas H. Harris, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Major General Stephen Augustus Hurlbut. Established by the order of Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant...
GLC08664
1884
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Acts of the anti-slavery apostles.
Printed by Cuppley, Upham & Co. Contains biographical chapters on William Lloyd Garrison and Nathaniel Peabody Rogers. Subsequent chapters cover a history of anti-slavery in America, including a discussion of other individuals active in the cause...
GLC08666
1861-1865 ca.
Charles Taber & Co., fl. 1861-1865
[Carte de visite portait of William Lloyd Garrison]
GLC08672
circa 1863
An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers
Written by "A New Englander, Now A Confederate Soldier." Dated from first line: "Two years of our sanguinary conflict..." Says he is going to lay aside "weapons of strife" and reason together on the lessons the war can teach. Says it was ill-will...
GLC08676
1865
Confederate States of America
Negro passport
Blank form, printed for Richmond, Virginia. Includes sections for the names of the person passing and the official who issues the pass. Also includes space for age, height, and "color" of the person passing.
GLC08677
1 October 1863
Mason, E.E., fl. 1863
[Receipt regarding a slave named John]
Sheriff William H. Preas, from Bedford County, Virginia, sends a slave named John to work on fortifications near Lynchburg. By order of Colonel W. H. Stevens, Chief Engineer. Signed by Mason as First Lieutenant, Engineers.
GLC08678
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