Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection, 1718-1876.

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Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection, 1718-1876.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747037827

The Middleton "Spike" Harris Slavery and Abolition Collection consists of individual documents pertaining to slavery and abolition in the United States. Included are legal documents, indentures, manumission papers, bills of sale, agreements to hire slaves and other business records, deeds, letters, and indentures referencing specific slaves and their masters and detailing the situations for which the documents were produced. The states in which these documents were issued are Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. There are also letters from the following abolitionists: Granville Sharp, Gerrit Smith, Charles Sumner, and Francis Jackson.

.3 lin. ft. (1 printbox)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8121592

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

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Congressman, philanthropist, reformer. From the description of Letter, 1840 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122379141 Gerrit Smith resided in Peterboro (N.H.?) at the time of these writings and was a strong supporter of emancipation and African American rights. Upon his death the African American citizens of Buffalo paid him a formal tribute. From the description of Letters and broadsides, 1868-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34178334 ...

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813

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English philanthropist and writer. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Garden Court Temple, to Mr. Phillips, 1804 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662097 English abolitionist, reformer, and philanthropist. From the description of Copies of letters received, 1763-73. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58776522 British philanthropist and abolitionist. From the description of Granville Sharp correspondenc...

Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861

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American temperance leader. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : [n.p.], to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1841 Feb. 13-1849 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269544794 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Reverand George Ripley, 1841 Mar. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523333 Reformer. From the description of Papers of Francis Jackson, 1845-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450123 ...

Harris, M. A., 1908-

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Author, historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization which collected and disseminated information about African Americans. From the description of Middleton "Spike" Harris papers, 1929-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455464 From the description of Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection, 1718-1876. (New York Public Library). W...

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...