Slavery/Anti-Slavery Collection, 1791-1968
3 boxes (.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 390
Slavery/Anti-Slavery Collection
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Slavery/Anti-Slavery Collection, 1791-1968
3 boxes (.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 390
Abstract:
This collection primarily documents abolitionist activism. Materials include correspondence; addresses; essays; sermons; deeds from the sales of female slaves; photographs of emancipated slaves; and numerous articles on the escaped slave William Wells Brown. A substantial portion of the collection documents abolitionist John Brown and his descendents. Other individuals represented in the collection include Jonathon Edwards, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, members of the Garrison family, Angelina Grimke, Daniel Webster, Emma Willard, Maria Weston Chapman, and Henry B. Blackwell. Also represented are various anti-slavery societies.
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Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy all copyright holders. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property. Permission to publish quotations for publication beyond "fair use" must be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection. Sophia Smith Collection
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