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...
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...
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born September 11, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mary' belonging to New York City boarding house keeper Benajah Abrahams.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Sarah, born February 17, 1804, and Bet, born July 17, 1802, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Sarah' belonging to New York City merchant Thomas Arden.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Francis Joney [Jones?], born February 8, 1802, to 'Black Slave Lavinia' belonging to Henrietta Anderson. Signed by witness J. W. Buwerton [?].
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of [?], born November 26, 1800, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mercy' belonging to Thomas Barclay of New York City. Damage to document on left side with text missing, including name of child.
