One-page letter from Lewis Tappan in New York [City] to Lysander Spooner dated May 28, 1853, disucssing the legal aspects of a court case involving a one Jane Trainer [?].
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."
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.
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
