Bills of sale; Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Two-page bill of sale between the Smith Heirs, Ephraim H. Smith, John G. Smith, W. T. Smith, William Smith, Sarah S. Smith, and John Logan and his wife S. F. Logan regarding the slave girl named Sarah, in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Brig Isaac Franklin of Alexandria from the port of Alexandria [Virginia] to New Orleans [Louisiana]. Includes names of ship's Master William Smith, shipper Robert N. Windsor,...
Two-page list of names of fugitive slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee [probably of Boston, Massachusetts] since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill in 1850 until 1854.
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Account record for the sale of 66 slaves from the cargo of the Brig Othello, sold in Richmond, Virginia, by Adams & Griffin for Samuel and William Vernon of [Newport], Rhode Island. Includes names of purchasers, price paid, and gender and age of...
Abolitionists--District of Columbia; Trials--District of Columbia; Fugitive slaves--District of Columbia; Fugitive slaves--Maryland
Twenty-two leaf letter to William R. Smith [possibly William Russel Smith of the United States House of Representatives] regarding the 'case of Chaplin' [probably the trial of William L. Chaplin, who was arrested in 1850 for helping two slaves...
Bills of sale; Slaves--Kentucky--Fayette County; Slavery--Kentucky--Fayette County
Four-page inventory of the estate of Charles Webb, including livestock, house wares, tools, and slaves named George, Billy, Rueben, Pompy, Daniel, Hampton, Ned, Stephen, Rose, Miner, Jenny, Franky, Betty, Billy, Jupiter, Moses, Jenny, Molly, Virgin...
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Merchant ships--United States
Record for the sale of sixty-one slaves received by ship Master Samuel C. Taggart of the Sloop Louisa in Charleston [South Carolina]. Includes names of purchasers John L. Engle, C. Fitzsimons [Fitzsimmons], Thomas Mitchell, and ten others.
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...
