Learn about enslavement, resistance, abolition and the struggle for freedom through biographies and historical records.
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1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte de viste featuring a black and white photograph of three children, two girls and a boy, gathered around a man in a chair. All are holding books. In the center, the boy stands wearing a dark colored jacket and pants. He holds a closed book in front…
Jan. 1865–May 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound leases, January 1865–May 1868, are arranged chronologically.
bulk May 1864 and Oct. 1864–Oct. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Leases for Houses and Tenements”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound leases for houses and tenements, May 1864 and October 1864–October 1865, are arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of leases for houses and tenements, September 1864–September 1865 (86), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume has a name index.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of leases for houses and tenements, March–July 1865 (276), is arranged chronologically.
1865–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound leases, miscellaneous court papers, and reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record. Included are land reports (August and September 1866, and January 1868); reports of destitute soldiers treated at a Little Rock hospital (January–February…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of leases of abandoned lands and property, February–September 1865 (80), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.
Sept. 1865–Feb. 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound leases of lands, September 1865–February 1866, are arranged numerically.
1850s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSmall house whip made of a thick piece of leather that tapers outward from the square base and is cut into multiple tails at the end. The leather is a dark grey color and flat. There are several leather strips at the end of the whip, with the opposite end…
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown leather tool basket. The ellipse-shaped basket has a wooden base, leather sides, and a leather handle. The leather sides are riveted to the wooden base along the bottom edge of the basket. The leather sides are constructed from a single piece of…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume ledger of accounts, February–June 1865 (33), is arranged by account and has a name index.
1782
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA single-sheet document of handwritten brown ink on off-white paper that lists soldiers, both black and white, and the cost of supplies for each man for the year 1781. The document begins at the top with [The Account of Supplies (illegible) to the Officers…
February 8, 1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo handwritten depositions from a court case, Valdec v. Gravier in Kingston, Jamaica. Document a is Nicholas Charles Van Eeckhout’s deposition and b is a deposition given by an unidentified person with the surname of Gravier who appears to be the…
1852
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA legal indenture document for William H. Harrison Travis, handwritten in brown ink on blue paper, and dated January 26, 1852. The document states that Thomas N. Shelton, identified as an “overseer of the poor of the county of Patrick,” does “place and…
1910–1967
Leland Felton Foster (July 17, 1910 – April 21, 1967) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Monroe Monarchs in 1932. Foster attended Morehouse College where he played college football for the Morehouse…
1849–1912
Leonidas Howard Sr. (1849 – March 8, 1912), usually known as Leon Howard, was a laborer in Memphis, Tennessee who is believed to have been an ex-slave) and served one term as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 43rd General Assembly…
1820–1883
Leonard Black (March 8, 1820 – April 28, 1883) was born a slave in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was separated from his family by the age of six. He escaped after 20 years of slavery. In 1847 he wrote The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black: A…
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Leonard Andrew Grimes (November 9, 1815 – March 14, 1873) was an African-American abolitionist and pastor. He served as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, including his efforts to free fugitive slave Anthony Burns captured in accordance with the…
January 1, 1802
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter written by Apphia Rouzee to Mr. Evan Brown in care of William Noel stating "you must hire out all the negros to the best advantage for this yeare and send by him all the cash you have received." The letter is dated January 1, 1802. On the reverse,…
October 19, 1829
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handwritten one page, double-sided document is a business letter written to a Mrs. Wintonne. It appears to pertain to the procurement of whips, a bonnet and other personal effects from Baltimore. It appears that the writer was the agent in charge of…
1827
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLetter from Samuel Handy in Snow Hill, Maryland to Rev. James Smylie regarding the potential for the latter to purchase enslaved persons for removal to Natchez, Mississippi. Letter is black ink on folded paper; paper was folded into its own envelope and…
January 6, 1832
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter from Eleanor Wayland Weaver in Madison County, Virginia, to her daughter Theodosia and son-in-law Jacob in Lewisburg, Ohio, sent January 6, 1832. The letter discusses Nat Turner's rebellion, writing: "Dear Son + Daughter, You appeared to be very…
November 9,1858
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wove paper letter (ab) and original envelope (c) from 13-year old Jasper L. Hall to his brother James E. Hall, describing the defeat of slave catchers in a pitched battle with ten fugitive slaves, Pennsylvania. This eight-page correspondence, written in…
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