William Johnson Trent papers, [18--]-[19--].

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William Johnson Trent papers, [18--]-[19--].

Materials include 500 framed photographs; photographs of the Trent family and William Lloyd Garrison; memorabilia; certificates; diplomas of William J. Trent, Jr. (1945) and his father, William Johnson Trent, Sr. (1898); honorary degree from Johnson C. Smith University; plaques; and impressions of Phillis Wheatley.

ca. 500 items.

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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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Anti-slavery advocate. From the description of Circular and letter, 1848 Jan. 21, Boston, to Rev. Mr. Russell, South Hingham. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 231311718 Abolitionist and reformer William Lloyd Garrison was founder of the Boston abolitionist paper, The Liberator, and the New England Anti-Slavery Society. From the description of Papers, 1835-1873 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007257 Abolitionist and lectur...

Trent, William J.

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President of Livingstone College; b. 1910; d. 1993. From the description of William Johnson Trent papers, [18--]-[19--]. (Livingstone College). WorldCat record id: 70970062 ...

Trent, William Johnson, 1873-1963

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Johnson C. Smith University

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Founded April 1867 at a meeting to the Catawba Presbytery, Biddle Memorial Institute was chartered in 1869 as a private men's institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church; named for Major Henry Biddle; changed name in 1876 as Biddle University; in 1923 name changed to Johnson C. Smith University; became a four year college in 1924; women were admitted to the senior division in 1932 and to the freshman class in 1941 making the college fully co-educational. From the description ...

Wheatley, Phillis, c. 1753-1784

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Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784), first Black woman poet in America, was brought as an African slave in about 1761 to Boston, Mass., where she was purchased by John Wheatley. Educated in the Wheatley household, first by Wheatley's wife Susannah and later by his daughter Mary, Phillis Wheatley began writing poems in her early teens. It was through her published poetry that she became a member of Boston's literati and travelled briefly to England, returning in 1773 during Mrs. Wheatley's final illn...

Trent family

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