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Title
The Slavery and abolition collections [electronic resource], 1700-1886.
Language
English
Description
88 manuscripts; 37 items.
Summary
This collection includes miscellaneous documents from 1700 to the late 19th century, including slave deeds, passes, certificates of registry, manumission papers, wills, appraisals of slaves, and speeches relating to slavery and its abolition, primarily in the Anglo-American colonies and the United States, as well as a few letters concerning the Amistad mutiny. It also contains correspondence by and about abolition leaders such as William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and William Lloyd Garrison. The bulk range of the collection is 1765-1886.
Note
Reproduction of the originals from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the New York Public Library. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Series
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive
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Table of Contents
Slavery
Abolition.
Abolition.