Four-page letter from Lizzy [possibly Elizabeth Whittier] to Harriet Minot in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] regarding her stay in Philadelphia and acquaintances with several well-known abolitionists, including Lucretia Mott and C. C. Burleigh.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Nanny, born August 16, 1807, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Jane' belonging to gentleman Joseph Mott of Haerlem [Harlem], New York City.
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
