Gail and Stephen Rudin slavery collection, 1728-1893.

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Gail and Stephen Rudin slavery collection, 1728-1893.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64053483

The Gail and Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection consists of newspaper engravings, estate appraisals, wills, legal documents, manumissions, reward for capture of runaway slave advertisements, slave dealer and slave trade manuscripts, correspondence, sheet music, slave taxation records, stereoviews and other records documenting the sale, hire, purchase and debt payment of slaves in 18th and 19th century America.

300 items.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7907733

Cornell University Library

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