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Engraving of Hannah More

An engraving of Hannah More based on the painting by H.W.Pickersgill, R.A.. More is seated holding glasses. Accompanied by JB00001 and JB00003.

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A Mandingo

A colored engraving of a Mandingo tribesman in traditional clothing. This engraving is mounted in a matte for framing.

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Engraving of William Wilberforce

A portrait engraving of William Wilberforce based on the painting by Russel R.A.. The engraving is mounted in a matte for framing.

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 14. (April 5, 1861)]

An issue of The Liberator from April 5 1861. This issue includes articles titled, A Wife's Account of her Husband's Murder (A Northern man living in the South killed for supposedly aiding a slave) Southern Ruffianism Toward Northern Citizens, and The...

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 8. (February 22, 1861)]

A issue of the Liberator from February 22 1861. This issue includes articles titled Slavery Triumphant, Beecher on times, and Protest of Colored Citizens.

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 7. (February 15, 1861)]

A issue of the liberator from February 15 1861. This issue includes articled titled An Abolition Meeting Broken Up by a Mob, No Union with Slave Holder, The Anti-Slavery Struggle.

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National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 19, no.15 (August 28, 1858)]

This issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard from August 28, 1858, features a poem "Peace in God" by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Harper's Weekly [(February 21, 1863)]

One page of February 21, 1863 issue of Harper's weekly. This page features the engraving "The Effects of the Proclamation - Freed Negroes Coming Into Our Lines at Newbern, North Carolina" the other side of this page features articles: Patriotism and...

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Engraving of William Wilberforce

An engraving of William Wilberforce surrounded by other images. The engraving also features one white person dressed as a warrior protecting a cowering African person from another white person holding chains with a raised hand.

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A Negro Funeral

An engraving entitled "A Negro Funeral". The engraving features 11 African American men walking beside a horse drawn funeral coach driven by another man. The engraving is colored in.

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Negro Race

An engraving of four African people with a skull in the middle of the page.

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Negroes just landed from a Slave Ship

A engraving of a group of enslaved people on a beach with a ship in a background. The group is bracketed by 2 white people.

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New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette [Vol. 2, No. 24 (June 13, 1820)]

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Der Sclavenhandel

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The Freeman's Journal [No. 8 (June 13, 1781)]

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The Liberator [Vol. 3 No. 1 - Vol. 3 No. 52 (January 5, 1833-December 28, 1833)]

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Extra Globe [Vol. 2 No. 5 (June 26, 1835)]

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Columbian Centinel [No. 2440 (August 19, 1807)]

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The North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser [Vol. 1 No. 103 (May 9, 1808)]

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Portsmouth Oracle [Vol. 20 No. 11 (December 17, 1808)]

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The Massachusetts Centinel [Vol. 7 No. 39. (August 1, 1787)]

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Greenleaf's New-York Journal, Extra [Vol. 1 No. 15 (February 23, 1796)]

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Harpers Weekly [(May 30, 1863)]

One page of the May 30, 1863 issue of Harper's weekly

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Wouski

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Charlston Courier [Vol. 5 No. 1,243 (January 20, 1807)]

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New York Weekly Museum [Vol. 20 No. 20 (June 25, 1808)]

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The Man of Feeling in search of Indispensibles

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Lady Godina's Rout; Or Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan

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Harper's Weekly [Vol. 10 No. 486 (April 21, 1866)]

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The New York Herald [No. 23,957 (March 27, 1902)]

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New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette [Vol. 5 No. 214 (August 5, 1833)]

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Granville Sharp

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National Anti-Slavery Standard [Vol. 25 No. 14 (August 13, 1864)]

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City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser [Vol. 35 No. 11,381(August 31, 1815)]

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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...

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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...

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to William Stodhart

A bill of sale for a enslaved girl, purchased for 45 pounds

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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...

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to John Young Esquire

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...

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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...

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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 raised...

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Mandate of Payment

A mandate of payment for M. Boutin for the work of his slave Sam. Sam worked on the public chain gang for twenty one days at the rate of twenty five cents a day. The payment from the city to M. Boutin is for "Five Piastres Twenty-Five Cents". The...

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[Manumission document]

A manumission notice that Barthelemy Campanel plans to emancipate Hanna a enslaved woman of about 60 years of age. The notice states that if anyone has an objection to this manumission they are to file the objection with the Parish Court within 40...

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At a Public Meeting of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Manufacturers, and Inhabitants of Kendal, held at the Town-Hall, January 23, 1792

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to unknown

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to The Earl of Balcarres

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[Muster Roll 30th New York Volunteers]

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to Mrs. L.E.A. Sanford

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[Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden presents The Slave, May 15, 1818]

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[For the Benefit of Mr Braham]

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[Bill of Sale for Slave named Charles]

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[Bill of Sale for Slave Susan Water]

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St. Francis Medal

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The Emotions of Mrs.King

One Associated Press wirephoto comprised of two photos of Coretta Scott King at a memorial gathering for her husband in Memphis, Tennessee. On the left is a photo of Coretta Scott King laughing, and on the right is a picture of her crying.

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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...

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to William Stodhart

A bill of sale for an unnamed enslaved girl, purchased for 45 pounds

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