Slaves--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--United States; Slavery--England--Kent
Nine-page memorandum regarding the abolition of slavery, including a copy of a letter addressed to Rev. Mr. Hill of East Malling [Kent]. Mentions several contemporary writers on the topic of slavery.
Slaves--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--United States
Two-page unsigned and undated memorandum regarding morality and slavery, suggesting that slaves 'have been benefittedby being thus snatched from heathenism and brought to this civilized and Christian country."
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
10-page letter dated April 12, 1846, from Thomas Earle in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to George Bradburn, giving his opinions on Lysander Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery].
One-page letter dated December 18, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts], giving his approval of Spooner's "form of a letter to be forwarded to Congress, with the form of petition."
One-page letter dated January 5, 1855, from William Goodell on behalf of the American Abolition Society in New York, to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, ordering a supply of his book, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, for distribution...
Four-page letter dated December 3, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing constitutional issues of slavery and Spooner's work.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Four-page letter dated December 11, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing Spooner's draft of a petition to Congress to abolish slavery, submitted to the American Abolition Society.
Four-page letter dated November 28, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], in which he approves of Spooner's plan to "agitate the Constitutional question."
Four-page letter dated December 1, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing the legalization of slavery.
One-page letter and envelope dated September 23, 1866, from Hez L. [Hezekiah Lord] Hosmer in Virginia City to Lysander Spooner [probably in Boston, Massachusetts] written on the back of a circular titled "Chief Justice H. L. Hosmer's Charge to the...
Two-page letter from John A. Reed in Mount Vernon, Ohio, to Lysander Spooner dated July 2, 1851, asking Spooner to send the names and P.O. addresses of "those members of your Legislature who voted for Hon. Chas. [Charles] Sumner [?]."
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated December 4, 1847, regarding copies of Spooner's petition to Congress that Smith has forwarded on to Elizur Wright.
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated November 12, 1847, in which Smith pledges funds to support Spooner as he writes his newest book and discusses an anti-slavery convention...
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."
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated November 6, 1855, in which he expresses his pleasure that Spooner is writing an argument "on the Wilhelm case" and discusses the...
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated March 20, 1856, to notify Spooner that he has "got said Wilhelm himself to [?] the Constitution" and abolitionism.
Manuscript copy of a four-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Hon. D. [David] Wilmot, in which he responds to a letter from Wilmot discussing slavery and the United States Constitution, and sends him a copy of Lysander...
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner, dated February 26, 1861, discussing the speech of Senator [Wilson?] on slavery "as law."
One-page unsigned memorandum from Philadelphia showing number of slaves, general population, and congressional representatives divided by state. Includes statistics for the South Western Territory and North Western Territory.
Depositions--United States; Slavery--United States
Two-page deposition of John Champneys describing the circumstances surrounding charges of financial support for William Binnie [Junior], the "negro wench Jenny" and her children. Champneys purchased Jenny at "St. Augustine's when the whole property...
