Transparency of a news clipping, undated and unidentified, from World War Two with the headline “Queens College Buddies Together on Guam”, with a photograph of three servicemen. “Some of our classmates found each other in strange places far...
Court records--United States; Slavery--United States; Slaves--United States
Two-page undated court record of eleven cases relating to unremitted payments, giving prisoner's pleas and their verdicts. Damage on right side missing text.
Two-page petition submitted by Paul Woolfolk of Caroline County [Virginia] to receive payment equal to the value of his slave, Ben, who had served as a witness in a slave insurrection trial. Woolfolk argues that if he takes the slave back into his...
Slaves--Virginia--Halifax County; Slavery--Virginia--Halifax County; Accounts current--Virginia--Halifax County
List of undated account in an unknown hand [possibly from Halifax County, Virginia]. Expenses listed include household items, livestock, and a "negro Philip."
Unsigned and undated poem addressed "to the Rev. W. McLain," [probably Rev. William McLain, Secretary of the American Colonization Society] on the subject of slavery.
Slaves--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--United States
Two-page unsigned and undated memorandum regarding morality and slavery, suggesting that slaves 'have been benefittedby being thus snatched from heathenism and brought to this civilized and Christian country."
Slaves--United States; Slavery--United States; Fugitive slaves--United States
Assorted advertisements for sale of slaves, rewards for return of runaway slaves, the slave trade, and slavery in general, most unattributable to particular newspapers. Includes three engravings (two duplicated) of slave forts in Africa with...
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...
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...
A fair day on the shore of the Hudson River, apparently in early spring, looking northward. The Claremont Inn [Claremont Hotel] on Riverside Drive in New York City is depicted, together with its gardens, in a village setting, opposite a group of...
