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1781-1864
Various
The James Basker and Angela Vallot Family Archive [Decimalized .01-.35]
A collection of material related to abolition in the United States as well as in England. Contains engravings, and newspapers.
GLC09791
1941-1945
unknown, fl. 1941-1945
[Group of airmen posed by airplane at Tuskegee Army Airfield]
One undated photograph of group of Tuskegee Army airmen posing by an airplane.
GLC09645.005
circa 1943
[Doris "Dorie" Miller Pin]
One pin featuring a image of Dorie Miller dates circa 1943. The pin reads, "The Hero of Pearl Harbor Dorie Miller." It features a portrait of Miller in the center and then sketches on either side of him. The left sketch is a figure in sailor uniform...
GLC09934.05
20 February 1818
Theatre-Royal Hull
Oroonoko advertisement
This item is a mounted broadside advertisement for the play Oroonoko; or the Royal slave at the Theatre Royal. It lists the actors in each part for the February 20, 1818 show. It also notes that after Oroonoko the Forest of Bondy; or the Dog of...
GLC09898.07
4 June 1831
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
to Reverend Mr. Jones
A letter from William Wilberforce to Reverend Mr. Jones. Wilberforce asks Jones to leave the publications he brought with his friend Mr. Pringle as he is travelling about a lot and has too much baggage already. He also mentions that Jones had asked...
GLC09898.12
18 June 1764
Beam & Cuthbert
to William Stodhart
A bill of sale for an unnamed enslaved girl, purchased for 45 pounds
GLC09898.01
8 March 1806
to John Young Esquire
Wilberforce sends a quick note to his friend regarding a mutual friend of theirs William Hill. Hill had taken a trip to Bath and in his absence made arrangements for all mail and parcels he received to be kept for him at a shop in the area...
GLC09898.05
23 November 1805
This letter from William Wilberforce to John Young concerns a friend of Young's who wishes to visit someone at his home in Africa. Wilberforce cautions that if this unnamed person wants to travel there he must be careful and get as close as possible...
GLC09898.04
14 March 1862
Davis, Mary Brown, fl. 1862
to Major General Wool
A letter from Mary Brown Davis to Major General Wool regarding helping "contraband" or escaped enslaved people who have taken refuge in Fort Monroe. Davis outlines her history and where she lived before Chicago. She mentions having been born in...
GLC09898.16
23 November 1820
Rayland, Thomas, fl. 1820
to the Sheriff of Chatham
A printed and autograph document from the State of North Carolina to the Sheriff of Chatham ordering that the sheriff set a sale of 4 enslaved men. The sale is to repay a debt owed to Murdock McKenzie & Co. by William Thompson. The amount to be...
GLC09898.09
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