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eceipt for $1235.00 for sale of Albert to S.O. Wood, Receipt for $1,31...

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Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...

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Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

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Comparative table of populations in the Province of New York, 1703-171...

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An account of the families of Germans settled on Hudson's River in the...

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An account of the number of people in the Province of New York, A.D. 1...

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Relation d'une conspiration tramée par les nègres : dans l'îsle de S. ...

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Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston

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Appraisal of Property -- Samuel Turner Estate. [Appraisal of slaves fr...

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Statistics of the population of the Province of New York, 1647-1774. [...

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Revolutionary War [Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Se...

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Lafayette, James Armistead [Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's or...

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An address to the public, from the Pennsylvania Society for promoting ...

Abolition of the slave trade, or the man the master, British Cartoon P...

Illustration shows the reversal of roles for slaves and slave masters, with former slaves now in the role of the slave master. No known restrictions on publication. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collect... More

The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degre...

Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of suga... More

An inquiry into the causes of the insurrection of the Negroes in the i...

The abolition of the slave trade Or the inhumanity of dealers in human...

Print shows sailor on a slave ship suspending an African girl by her ankle from a rope over a pulley. Captain John Kimber stands on the left with a whip in his hand. Attributed to I. Cruikshank in BM CPPS. Cat... More

"I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could ...

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"Your late purchase of an estate with a view of emancipating the slave...

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One hour of American slavery is fraught with more misery than ages of ...

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All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain in...

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I don't know as I can better serve the cause I love so well than to di...

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What is life or rest to me so long as I have a commission direct from ...

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Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out o...

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All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain in...

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I tremble for my country when I remember that God is just and that his...

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"I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I sh...

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Yes whether on the scaffold high or in the battle's van, the fittest p...

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Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out o...

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It is a debt we owe the purity of religion to show that it is at varia...

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"I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I sh...

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Thus saith the lord: Ye have not hearken'd unto me in proclaiming libe...

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Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them.

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Letter begins, "We William Bryan Anderson Rice and Matthew Rice being ...

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Begins "I certify that negro named Jenny is at liberty to hire herself...

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[Iron mask, collar, leg shackles and spurs used to restrict slaves]

Illus. in: The penitential tyrant / Thomas Branagan. New-York: Printed by Samuel Wood, no. 362, Pearl-street, 1807. Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A-3.

Begins "I John Gassaway register of wills..."

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Negroes just landed from a Slave Ship.

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Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Jan. ...

May praises the support of the abolition cause in its early days by its English friends and discusses the controversies between the English and American abolitionists during the war. He speaks of the attitude o... More

Freedom paper for Noah Powers. - Public domain document scan

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Certificate from County of NY of manumission for John Moore, dated Apr...

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Letter stating that $500 was paid for the purchase of Joseph Boswell, ...

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Certificate by City and County of New York for Peter Seaman, dated Apr...

Aprais [Appraisal]; Bill of the Estate of John Epperson.

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Aprais [Appraisal]; Bill of the Estate of John Epperson.

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State's conveyance of $500 to Edmund Bacon for slave, Maria.

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Mode in which the young Memnon's head, (now in the British Museum,) wa...

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[Manumission certificate for William Steward, mariner granted citizens...

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Official Decree Issued in Mendoza, Argentina

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Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, [New Haven], to Amos Augustus Ph...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson, says he looked for a dictionary as requested, but found only one with some missing pages. He gives some encouraging words related to the commencement ... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, [New Haven], to Amos Augustus Ph...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson talks about their friendship, his college life, his decision to be a minister, and the state of religion. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, [New Haven], to Amos Augustus Ph...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson talks about his college life and different student societies in college. He also discusses the prospect of a religious revival. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, [New Haven], to Amos Augustus Ph...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson reflects upon their friendship and talks about his college life, which continues to be pleasant. He also discusses the state of religion in New Haven. ... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, [New Haven], to Amos Augustus Ph...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson talks about his college life and religious prospects of Yale College. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Baltimore, [Md.], to Ephraim Willi...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman to Anne Warren Weston and Deborah Wes...

M[aria] Weston Chapman writes to Deborah Weston and Anne Warren Weston in regards to her children and in regards to her absence. She writes, "Do not forget me in my absence but speak often of me..when I return ... More

Military construction in the 1800's, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2...

From 1825 to the eve of the civil war in 1981, military construction projects on Pensacola Bay involved hundreds of enslaved African-Americans. Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas are monuments to the skill and toi... More

[Will and testament of Daniel Juzan.]

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[Will and testament of Daniel Juzan.]

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Military construction in the 1800's, Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2...

From 1825 to the eve of the civil war in 1981, military construction projects on Pensacola Bay involved hundreds of enslaved African-Americans. Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas are monuments to the skill and toi... More

Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, [Andover, Massachusetts], to Willia...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, William Twining discusses the change in the price of musical instruments in Boston and asks for payment for the instruments Phelps purchased from him. In addition, Twining writ... More

Letter from Isaac Gleason Porter, New London, to Amos Augustus Phelps,...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Isaac Gleason Porter talks about his visit to New Haven and his experience teaching in school. He also relays some news about friends. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from William Twining, Andover, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustu...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, William Twining discusses Phelps' music and returning Phelps' music books to him the following week. He also adds his request to "alter the title of the Society." Courtesy of B... More

Letter from William Smith Porter, Coosada Autauga co., to Amos Augustu...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, William Smith Porter informs Phelps about the school teachers’ salaries in the area (presumably Alabama), and says he will try to find a position for him if he is still interes... More

Letter from Israel Warburton Putnam, Portsmouth, to Amos Augustus Phel...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Israel W. Putnam says he has heard Phelps’s plan to go to teach in Berwick. Putnam asks Phelps to “make all convenient d[i]spatch in going to Berwick.” Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Tobias Ostrander, Lyons, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Decr 6th...

In compliance to Amos A. Phelps’s request, Tobias Ostrander supplies information on Joseph Ennis. He says Ennis is not married, but has a group of illegitimate children. His social standing used to be good enou... More

Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, [Hartford, Connecticut], to Amos ...

Elizur Timothy Washburn writes to Amos A. Phelps about his previous letter. He mentions Phelps' change in religious sentiments and says "I have been here & have had many a dar hour in reflecting upon my religio... More

Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, Hatford, [Connecticut], to Amos A...

Elizur Timothy Washburn writes to Amos A. Phelps about his duties as a school teacher for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford. He describes the conditions of religion in the surrounding towns, stating "There are revi... More

Letter from Parentha Bodwell, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March...

Amos A. Phelps’s cousin, Parentha Bodwell, writes to Phelps about their friend, Mary, who is involved with a man named Ennis, whom Bodwell considers to be of dubious character. In a segment added later, Bodwell... More

Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Bradford [Mass.], to Sarah Ann Haggi...

Amos Augustus Phelps describes his journey from Andover to Bradford, and discusses personal matters. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from William P. Weeks, South Berwick, [Maine], to Amos Augustus...

William Weeks writes to Amos A. Phelps about slanderous remarks made by a Mrs. H and other members of Mr. Campbell's church. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Elizabeth B. Gillet, Middlebury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, ...

In this letter, Elizabeth B. Gillet thanks Amos A. Phelps for his kind letter, and says she has not forgotten him during the long period of their non-communication. After telling him how she has been keeping tr... More

Letter from Clarissa Bodwell Phelps Tryon, Farmington, [Connecticut], ...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, his mother writes to him about money concerns.She urges him to come home. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Joel Clough, Farmington, to Amos Augustus Phelps, April 26...

Joel Clough writes to Amos A. Phelps that he had an agreeable winter in the west, and that he plans to finish the stone work to the aqueduct as soon as August. On the same sheet of paper, Phelps's mother, Clari... More

Letters from Charles Briggs, Lexington, [Massachusetts], 1828 Oct[ober...

Will P. Huntington writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 26, 1827 certifying Theodore Parker's qualifications for teaching in the public schools. Charles Briggs writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 27th 1828 to certify Theo... More

Journal by Amos Augustus Phelps from 1827 to 1830

This manuscript contains Amos A. Phelps’s diaries from 1827 to 1830, when Phelps was a student of theology. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Clarissa Bodwell Phelps Tryon, Farmington, [Connecticut], ...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, his mother writes to him about her financial troubles. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Charles M. Putnam, Andover, to Amos Augustus Phelps, June ...

In reply to Amos A. Phelps’s inquiry, Charles M. Putnam talks about experience at Andover Theological Seminary and at Yale. He says he wishes that Phelps remained in Andover longer. He says he will let “Brother... More

Letter from William P. Weeks to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1827 Nov[ember] ...

William P. Weeks writes Amos A. Phelps about the sudden death of Major Haggins. He describes that "soon after he rose--he complained of being sick at the stomach, was immediately taken to vomit and they sent fo... More

Letter from Spofford D. Jewett, Andover, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Augt...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Spofford D. Jewett discusses certain financial matters he attended to on behalf of Phelps, and gives update about life in the Andover Theological Seminary. Courtesy of Boston P... More

Letter from Selden Haines, Poughkeepsie, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Augu...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Selden Haines talks about their old college friends. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Elizabeth B. Gillet, Middlebury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, ...

Elizabeth B. Gillet writes to Amos A. Phelps that she hasn’t been able to write to him because she has been busy with housework. Responding to Phelps’s request to tell him about her “love affair,” she says she ... More

Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, Hartford, Connecticut, to Amos Au...

Elizur Timothy Washburn writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding news of his thanksgiving. He also writes that he hasn't heard news from any of their classmates. He hasn't "done much at Hebrew et, as it has been the ... More

Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, Hartford, [Connecticut], to Amos ...

Elizur Timothy Washburn writes to Amos A. Phelps describing his teaching experiences in the school for Deaf and Dumb in Hartford. He includes much gossip about the women in Hartford. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Parentha Bodwell, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March...

Amos A. Phelps’s cousin, Parentha Bodwell, writes to Phelps about their friend, Mary, who is involved with a man named Ennis, whom Bodwell considers to be of dubious character. In a segment added later, Bodwell... More

Letter from Parentha Bodwell, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March...

Amos A. Phelps’s cousin, Parentha Bodwell, writes to Phelps about their friend, Mary, who is involved with a man named Ennis, whom Bodwell considers to be of dubious character. In a segment added later, Bodwell... More

Letters from Charles Briggs, Lexington, [Massachusetts], 1828 Oct[ober...

Will P. Huntington writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 26, 1827 certifying Theodore Parker's qualifications for teaching in the public schools. Charles Briggs writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 27th 1828 to certify Theo... More

Letter from William P. Weeks, South Berswick, [Maine], to Amos Augustu...

William P. Weeks writes a letter to Amos A. Phelps regarding town news and religious matters within South Berswick. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letters from Charles Briggs, Lexington, [Massachusetts], 1828 Oct[ober...

Will P. Huntington writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 26, 1827 certifying Theodore Parker's qualifications for teaching in the public schools. Charles Briggs writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 27th 1828 to certify Theo... More

Letter from William P. Weeks to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1827 Nov[ember] ...

William P. Weeks writes Amos A. Phelps about the sudden death of Major Haggins. He describes that "soon after he rose--he complained of being sick at the stomach, was immediately taken to vomit and they sent fo... More

Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Andover, [Mass.], to Sarah Ann Haggi...

Referring to a certain expression found in her previous letter, Amos Augustus Phelps asks Sarah Ann Haggins whether she changed her view and became a Christian. He also mentions certain slanderous remarks made ... More

Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, Hatford, [Connecticut], to Amos A...

Elizur Timothy Washburn writes to Amos A. Phelps about his duties as a school teacher for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford. He describes the conditions of religion in the surrounding towns, stating "There are revi... More

Letter from Clarissa Bodwell Phelps Tryon, Farmington, [Connecticut], ...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, his mother writes to him about her financial troubles. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Clarissa Bodwell Phelps Tryon, Farmington, [Connecticut], ...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, his mother writes to him about money concerns.She urges him to come home. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Spofford D. Jewett, Andover, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Jun ...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Spofford D. Jewett gives news around the Andover Theological Seminary. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Lucius Israel Barber, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, M...

Lucius I. Barber writes to Amos A. Phelps to ask about employment opportunities as a school teacher, including the possibility of taking Phelps’s current position, which he heard Phelps plans to leave in August... More

Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, [Andover, Mass.], to Sarah Ann Haggi...

A.A. Phelps describes his ride to Andover, and then discusses his plan of occupation and study at college. He then talks about mutual acquaintances. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from John Bronson Richardson, Dartmouth, to Amos Augustus Phelp...

John Bronson Richardson writes to ask Amos A. Phelps for news from him and about their mutual friends. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Bradford [Mass.], to Sarah Ann Haggi...

Amos Augustus Phelps describes his journey from Andover to Bradford, and discusses personal matters. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, [Hartford, Connecticut], to Amos ...

Elizur Timothy Washburn writes Amos A. Phelps regarding his disappointment in not seeing Phelps and talking with him about "diverse things." He has just started studying Hebrew and "perhaps it may be a preparat... More