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Frank Adamson (c. 1809–1887) was a state legislator who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era, from 1870 to 1874. Adamson was born in about 1809 in South Carolina as a slave and was a tailor by trade.
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Frederick Bruce Thomas (Russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Томас, romanized: Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas; November 4, 1872 – June 12, 1928) was an American from Coahoma County, Mississippi who became a prominent businessman in the entertainment industry of Moscow and,…
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Born enslaved, Douglass escaped and became one of the nineteenth century’s most influential advocates for abolition, citizenship and equal rights.
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lithograph portrait of Frederick Douglass. Douglass is pictured wearing a dark colored suit and jacket with a white, high collared undershirt. He has a mustache. Typed below the portrait is “Eng. by A.H Ritchie. “ Written at the bottom of the portrait in…
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass Jr. (March 3, 1842 – July 26, 1892) was the second son of Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he was an abolitionist, essayist, newspaper editor, and an…
July 28, 1854
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe July 28, 1854 issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper, a Rochester-based weekly newspaper published and edited by Frederick Douglass that centered on antislavery efforts and other social reform causes. The title [Frederick Douglass' Paper] is printed in…
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Fredrick Lamar McGhee (October 28, 1861 – September 9, 1912) was an African-American criminal defense lawyer and civil rights activist. Born a slave in Mississippi, McGhee would become the first black attorney in Minnesota. Alongside close friend and…
Biography
Free Frank McWorter (c. 1777 – September 7, 1854) was an American born into slavery who bought his freedom in Kentucky and in 1836 founded the town of New Philadelphia in Illinois; he was the first African American to plat and register a town, and…
June 20, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA single sheet handwritten document of brown ink on blue paper documenting the sworn statement of James W. Simmons attesting that "Elizabeth Only, the negro Woman now in my presence, is the daughter of Rachel Only, a free Woman of Colour, that the said…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFour pages concerning Richard Gale pasted together at the top right corner. First document is signed testimony by "respectable white citizens" John Hadaway and Samuel Canada that Richard Gale "to their knowledge has been free for more than ten years, and…
Feb. 1866–Mar. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Freedmen's Accounts”.
Jan. 1866–Oct. 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Freedmen's Accounts Settled”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound freedmen's accounts settled, January 1866–October 1867, are arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound freedmen's accounts, February 1866–March 1868, are arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe freedmen's accounts with employers, 1865–68, are arranged by year and thereunder alphabetically by initial letter of surname of employer. They show the amount and value of goods and provisions furnished the freedmen, which was apparently deducted from…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of freedmen's contracts, January 1866–June 1867 (106), is arranged by year and thereunder numerically. The volume also contains a register of complaints (March–December 1868), which was probably compiled at Louisville, Kentucky.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of freedmen's contracts, January 1866–July 1867 (150), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of freedmen's contracts (167) is dated January 1867.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of freedmen's contracts, March–July 1866 (185), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe two volumes of freedmen's employment registers are dated April 1864–April 1865, 1 (91) and 2 (92). The registers overlap in dates: Volume 1 (91) is dated April 1864–January 1865 and Volume 2 (92), June 1864–April 1865. The entries within the registers…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of freedmen's labor contracts, September 1863–December 1864 (93), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains an employment register that was probably compiled in 1864.
1852
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCertificate of Freedom for Joseph Trammell. Handwritten in black ink on white paper, the document is labeled at the top as "No. 1952." The document includes a detailed description of Mr. Trammell. It also includes that his freedom was proven by the oath of…
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of Freedomways magazine, Volume 13, Number 1, for First Quarter 1973. The front cover has a bright red background with white type at the top that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. The cover features a mural of Paul…
17th - 18th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGManilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends.
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