Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York [Decimalized .01-.21]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06593 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: circa 1841-1845 Pagination: 21 items Order a Copy
Contains two letters to N. R. Chapman, who served as secretary for an Anti-Slavery Society in the Onondaga/Madison County region of New York (refer to GLC06593.20). Contains a Civil War soldier's letter noting the fall of Atlanta. Includes numerous resolutions related to the Anti-Slavery Society (possibly of which Chapman was affiliated). Anti-slavery documents mention abolitionists Gerrit Smith and James Caleb Jackson, the mutiny on board the Brig Creole (GLC06593.09), and the need to form a Liberty Party (GLC06593.20).
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