Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1871 and 1873
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo printed speeches by Benjamin F. Butler printed in black ink on off-white wove paper in a center bound booklet. The cover page reads [THE KU-KLUX SPIRIT IN CONGRESS. / PERSONAL VINDICATION OF HIMSELF / IN REPLY TO / ATTACKS UPON HIM IN THE UNITED STATES…
1977
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG“John Brown worked not simply for Black men—he worked with them; and he was a companion of their daily life, knew their faults and virtues, and felt, as few white Americans have felt, the bitter tragedy of their lot.” —W. E. B. Du Bois, John Brown, 1909…
February 25, 1837
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFebruary 25, 1837 edition of The Liberator. The article starting on the top left corner of the newspaper is titled "Ladies' Department." Inscribed on the top left corner of the front page of the newspaper is "Republican / Bridgewater."
May 16, 1845
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XV, No. 20 dated May 16, 1845. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in blue…
June 27, 1845
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XV, No. 26 dated June 27, 1845. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages.
February 18, 1853
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXIII, No. 7 dated February 18, 1853. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "H. O. Cracker" is handwritten…
April 21, 1854
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXIV, No. 16 dated April 21, 1854. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
June 9, 1854
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXIV, No. 23 dated June 9, 1854. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
February 17, 1854
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXIV, No. 7 dated February 17, 1854. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
November 23, 1855
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXV, No. 47 dated November 23, 1855. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
February 23, 1855
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXV, No. 8 dated February 23, 1855. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
June 27, 1856
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXVI, No. 26 dated June 27, 1856. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages.
February 8, 1856
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXVI, No. 6 dated February 8, 1856. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
March 13, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXVII, No. 11 dated March 13, 1857. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
May 29, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXVII, No. 22 dated May 29, 1857. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
June 5, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXVII, No. 23 dated June 5, 1857. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in…
June 19, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXVII, No. 25 dated June 19, 1857. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages.
1856
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGEmbossed brown cloth, hardcover book with 537-pages, 2 pages of ads, frontispiece and many illustrations with engraving of James P. Beckwourth in hunter's costume on frontispiece.
1912
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe autobiography of Samuel Hall with a forward by friend Orville Elder. The book has 45 pages and is saddle-stitched with a paper cover. The cover was printed on hand-made paper with black serif typeface and border design element. The front cover reads…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white plastic cassette tape with recordings of two episodes of the radio program The Literary Corner. The cassette has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Intro to African-English Prose]. The typewritten text…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white plastic cassette tape with recordings of two episodes of the radio program The Literary Corner. The cassette has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [ THE LITERARY CORNER / B W O T W Intro to African- American Essays]. The…
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis silkscreen print depicts a mass of troops moving from the left to the right wearing brown coats, white pants and light colored tall hats, the soldiers carry long guns over their shoulders. They lean forwrad intently, eyes visible, as they march. There…
March 12, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG1Issue #532 (March 12, 1857) of the weekly newspaper The National Era with reporting on the Dred Scott decision. The newspaper consists of four pages of eight columns each. The Dred Scott case is reported in columns 1-5 of the second page and includes a…
March 19, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIssue #533 (March 19, 1857) of the weekly newspaper The National Era with reporting on the Dred Scott decision. The newspaper consists of four pages of eight columns each. The coverage of the Dred Scott case begins at the top of page 1, column 1 with the…
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