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18 March 1799
[Slavery]
Negro woman "Jane" seeks a writ of "Homine Replegiando" (asking the Court to return to freedom) against Edward Worrall.
GLC08356
circa 1840-1891
Slavery archive [decimalized]
Duley Family Papers, mostly by Enoch Duley and his son Enoch M. Duley. The papers consist of correspondence, deeds, land grants, genealogical material, land surveys and maps, a hymn book, and photographs, including cabinet cards, tintypes, and...
GLC06377
circa 1841
Bliss, J. F. (fl. ca. 1841)
[Bliss's opinion on slavery]
Bliss offers his opinion on slavery: "Slavery, being a most extensive tyranny by some over the rights of others interferes against the same exclusive rights in Christ to govern us all; as well as licences the tyrant extensively to enforce sin &...
GLC06593.15
1839
American Anti-Slavery Society
The American anti-slavery almanac, for 1839.
With original yellow wrappers and illustrations for almost every month. Illustrations depict the horrors of slavery. Contains ink stains. Published for the Anti-Slavery Society by S. W. Benedict.
GLC05826
circa 1850s
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
[Allegorical verses on slavery]
Written in Harriet Beecher Stowe's hand. Her clipped signature ("H B Stowe") has been pasted to the end of the poem. Despite being in Stowe's hand and having the addition of Stowe's signature, both poems are actually 1842 works on slavery by Henry...
GLC05570
1857
J.O.E.
Attention South!! Abolish slavery.
Abolitionist folk art depicting a weeping black male, chained and shackled in profile, surrounded by green curtains with yellow tassels. At top left are the words "Attention South!!" with the word "Abolish" at left and "Slavery" at right, signed in...
GLC06140
1835
The Anti-Slavery Record, Vol. 1
Six issues of The Anti-Slavery Record published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, each bearing a dramatic woodcut illustrating the horrors visited upon slaves. 12 pages each. Includes: No. 6 - June, No. 7 - July, No. 9 - September (2nd edition)...
GLC09232
20 July 1830
Unknown
[Announcing pro-slavery meeting]
GLC01450.600.057
Ruffin, Edmund (1794-1865)
The political economy of slavery
First edition of Ruffin's pro-slavery pamphlet, signed by Andrew Johnson. Johnson writes on the cover "Send this to my room with my mail." The pamphlet was published in 1857, Johnson most likely signed it in 1858. Untrimmed edges. Lacking wrappers...
GLC00774
[Notes pertaining to anti-slavery]
List of items related to anti-slavery. Also contains index citations for an unspecified document or volume. One note asserts, "A. S. Society aims to destroy the Colonization Soc." Other notes refer to the degradation of slaves, the Colonization...
GLC06593.21
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