Slaves--New York--Brooklyn; Slavery--New York (State)--Brooklyn
Poem entitled "On the death of an African Slave" signed "Elihu." Addressed to Mr. Alden Spooner of Brooklyn [New York] for publication in the Long Island Star newspaper.
Slaves--United States; Slavery--United States; Fugitive slaves--United States
Assorted advertisements for sale of slaves, rewards for return of runaway slaves, the slave trade, and slavery in general, most unattributable to particular newspapers. Includes three engravings (two duplicated) of slave forts in Africa with...
Unsigned and undated poem addressed "to the Rev. W. McLain," [probably Rev. William McLain, Secretary of the American Colonization Society] on the subject of slavery.
