Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Henry Moore, born September 20, 1811, to the female slave Marian Moore belonging to Harriet [Henrietta] Clarkson, widow of New York City merchant Freeman Clarkson.
Four-page memorial from a Convention of the Friends of the Negro addressed to His Excellency Silas H. Jenison, Governor of Vermont regarding the abolition of slavery in the United States. Signed on behalf of the Convention by Thomas Clarkson,...
Four-page memorial from a Convention of the Friends of the Negro addressed to His Excellency William H. Seward, Governor of New York, regarding the abolition of slavery in the United States. Signed on behalf of the Convention by Thomas Clarkson,...
Printed resolution from the General Anti-Slavery Convention, held in London between June 12 and June 23 in London, by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society [later the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society] condeming...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE STAMP HERE - DOMESTIC ONE CENT - FOREIGN TWO CENTS) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back [solid line]; Printing information: card number (M-2322); Logo (Post Card) in stylized lettering; No...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (Place Postage Stamp Here) printed outside stylizied (Cyko) logo; Postcard type: divided back [solid line] (Correspondence; Name and Address); Logo (POST CARD); No message; No addressee.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark] (ROCHESTER, N.Y. DEC 31, 5:30 PM 1907, stamp; Postcard type: divided back [dotted line]; Printing information: card number (B 13323); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written message...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE STAMP HERE) printed inside stamp box inscribed with the letters (AZO) on all sides with a triangle pointing upward in all four corners; Postcard type: divided back (CORRESPONDENCE HERE; NAME AND ADDRESS HERE);...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (WEST BRANCH, N.Y., JUL 20, -- AM, 1912), stamp; Postcard type: divided back [solid line]; (This side may be used for correspondence; This side for address only); Logo (Post Card) in stylized lettering; Written...
Contract for employment on the Brig Othello including names of crew, wages, and terms. Form printed and sold by Solomon Southwick, in Newport [Rhode Island]. On back, list of crew that received "one month's pay advance." Attached, receipt for wages...
Sierra Leone Company; African American loyalists--Nova Scotia; African American loyalists--Sierra Leone; African Americans--Colonization--Nova Scotia; African Americans--Colonization--Sierra Leone; Freetown (Sierra Leone) -- History; Abolitionists;...
John Clarkson (1764-1828) was an English abolitionist, agent for the Sierra Leone Company, and lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. The collection consists of Clarkson's manuscripts, written in journal form, of his involvement with the settlement...
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
