Court records--United States; Slavery--United States; Slaves--United States
Two-page undated court record of eleven cases relating to unremitted payments, giving prisoner's pleas and their verdicts. Damage on right side missing text.
Draft of letter from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to S. E. Sewall regarding gathering signatures for petitions oppsoing the Texas Constitution's endorsement of slavery.
One-page petition, possibly dating from the 1830s, signed by eighteen inhabitants of Pennsylvania regarding the abolition of slavery. Many signatures illegible. Possibly a fragment of a larger petition.
Fugitive slaves--Martinique; Fugitive slaves--Rhode Island
One-page petition submitted by Remy Thiboult regarding the discovery of a runaway slave belonging to Samuel Johnson of Rhode Island, on the Schooner Corsaire docked in the harbor of St. Pierre, Martinique.
Signed petition addressed the the Mayor and Alderman [of Boston, Massachusetts] to deny a particular group the use of Faneuil Hall on the grounds that "the meeting to be of such an exciting character as to endanger the peace of the City." The...
Merchant ships--United States; Legal services--Barbados; Actions and defenses--Barbados
Receipt for advocate and proctors fees for Captain John Duncan of the Brig Othello from Boyle Vandeleure in Barbados in response to two petitions filed against Duncan by five mariners and seamen aboard the Brig.
Receipt for legal services rendered to John Duncan by Thomas Workman, Esq regarding two petitions filed against Duncan in the Court of Vice Admiralty. Signed by John Dummell.
Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston; Petitions--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--United States; Slaves--United States
Undated petition signed by c.150 Boston citizens arguring against the removal of Judge [Edward Greely] Loring in 1850 from his appointment as judge for forcing Anthony Burns to return back to slavery in the South.
Petition letter [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] asking the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protest in United States Supreme Court against the wrongful imprisonment of "colored citizens"...
Unsigned and undated petition to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives to condemn the imprisonment of African American sailors when docked in particular United States ports.
Printed circular by Elizur Wright, Jr., Secretary of the Anti-Texas Committee, asking Massachusetts citizens to collect signatures for petitions against the admittance of Texas into the Union as a Slave state. On back, list of ca. 40 names of...
Signed petition of 108 names for the use of Feneuil Hall [Boston, Massachusetts] in January 1839 for a gathering [probably for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society].
Letter to the Mayor [Samuel Atkins Eliot] and Aldermen of Boston [Massachusetts] from Francis Jackson and 11 other committee members [of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] arguing a recent denial for permission to use Faneuil Hall for a...
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated November 2, 1855, in which Spooner disucsses anti-slavery arguments and the distribution of 300 copies of his book, "the Unconstitutionality of Slavery."
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter from Lewis Tappan in Brooklyn [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 15, 1855, discussing one of Spooner's pamphlets and form of petition.
