Carl R. Gross collection, 1760s?-1966.

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Carl R. Gross collection, 1760s?-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/752210746

Contains biographical sketches, memorabilia, and other collected material, relating chiefly to prominent blacks living in Providence, R.I., at the turn of the 20th century, including Joseph H. Banks (carpenter), Edward M. Bannister, Emma C. Clements, George Henry, John A. Jenkins, Matilda Sissiereta Joyner Jones (aka Black Patti), John C. Minkins, Joseph H. Monroe, and Malon A. Van Horne.

ca. 2 linear ft.

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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SNAC Resource ID: 8127631

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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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...

Van Horne, Malon A.

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Clements, Emma C.

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George, Henry, b. 1819.

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Gross, Carl R. (Carl Russell), 1888-1971

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1888, July 24 Carl Russell Gross was born to William H. and Lena L. (Smith) Gross in Providence, Rhode Island. 1894 1901 Attended the Thayer and Arnold Street Elementary Schools. 1903 Graduated from Thayer Street Grammar School. ...

Banks, Joseph H.

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Jenkins, John A.

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Black Patti, 1869-1933

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Minkins, John C.

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Bannister, Edward Mitchell, 1828-1901

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Landscape and portrait painter (Boston, Mass. & Providence, R.I.); born at St. Andrews, New Brunswick; studied at Lowell Institute in Boston; died on January 9, 1901. From the description of Edward Mitchell Bannister scrapbook, 1866-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80691312 ...

John Brown Association

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Monroe, Joseph H.

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