Jane H. and William H. Pease papers, ca. 1970-1992.

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Jane H. and William H. Pease papers, ca. 1970-1992.

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The collection consists of research notes, computer print outs, photocopies, and microforms amassed and created by the Peases in working on numerous projects, some completed (Bound With Them in Chains, 1972; and They Who Would be Free, 1974) and some unfinished. Photocopied primary and printed materials document slaves and free blacks in Charleston, S.C., national abolition societies, disunion addresses, and pamphlets and writings from figures prominent in the abolition movement, including a memoir and other materials re abolitionist Samuel J. May, materials by and about Joshua R. Giddings, an antislavery congressman, and abolitionist Stephen S. Foster. The collection contains several feet of 4 inch by 6 inch paper cards abstracting information on Charleston slaves and free blacks, and abolitionists and their societies; with many bibliographic entries on these and other subjects as well. With a lengthy computer print out of a statistical database of Charleston free people of color (ca. 1830-40), with a code partially explaining the database and what various columns report. The microfilm reels include information re abolition societies and their activities (ca.1820s-1860s), newspapers (ca.1826-ca.1868), correspondence of important abolitionist figures and various records from government and private sources re black labor and education during the Civil War, especially in the Port Royal region of S.C. Of note is the minute book of the Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia (1839-1844), an arm of the Vigilant Association that provided aid for runaway slaves. Also worthy of mention is the William F. Allen diary (1863-1865); Allen, a southern agent for the Freedmen's Aid Commission, describes his trip from New York to Port Royal, commenting on freedmen, the Union Army, and the War. With the partial papers of William F. King (ca.1830s-1850s) an abolitionist minister and founder of Elgin Society and settlement in Canada for free blacks and slaves.

6 linear ft.15 microfilm reels.6 microfiche.

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Elgin Society

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King, William, 1812-1895

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Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889

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American writer and educator; pioneer in the teaching of history by a topical system of study and reading the original sources. From the description of Collection 1867-1923. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 48855184 ...

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871

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Samuel May was a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to anti-Slavery, temperance, and suffrage, among others. From the description of Samuel J. May diary, 1867. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691611 Samuel May was a Unitarian Clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage, among others. From the descripti...

Pease, Jane H.

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Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia

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The Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia was the secret fund raising and electoral division of the Vigilant Association of Philadelphia, which was organized in 1837 by Robert Purvis, a dedicated abolitionist, to provide aid for runaway slaves. Like its sister organizations in other cities, this group provided the means necessary to assist runaways as they made their way north. The Vigilant Committee helped to make Philadelphia an important stop along the Underground Railroad. From the ...

Pease, William H., 1924-

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Wlliam Pease was a professor of history at the University of Maine, 1966-1987. He graduated in 1947 from Williams College, received his MA in 1948 from University of Wisconsin, Madison and a PhD in 1955 from the University of Rochester. Jane Pease was a professor of history at the University of Maine, 1969-1987. She graduated in 1951 from Smith College; received her MA in 1957 from the University of Rochester; her MS from Western Reserve University, 1958,; and her PhD fr...

Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881

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Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864

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Giddings was an abolitionist congressman from the Western Reserve of Ohio. He studied law in the office of Elisha Whittlesey at Canfield, Ohio, in 1821 was admitted to the bar. It is claimed that Giddings later had significant influence on Lincoln's thinking toward the abolition of slavery. From the description of Account book of his law practice in the Court of Common Pleas, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1827-1835. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 77657856 Ohio s...