Slavery collection, 1800-1870.

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Slavery collection, 1800-1870.

Includes "printed primary sources - pamphlets, books, periodicals," concerning black slavery in the Americas, arranged into 31 subject areas including: Anti-Slavery, British Colonies, Compromise of 1850, Colonization Movement, Civil War and Slavery, Emancipation, Manumission and Freedmen, Economics of Slavery, Extension to the Territories, Kansas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Literature and Fiction, Parties and Politicians, Pro-Slavery, Slavery and the Church, Slavery and Law, Slave Narratives, Slave Trade, and Women.

27 cubic ft.; 5,939 titles on 6,668 microfiche.

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Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS). In 2020, the BHS made an agreement to merge with the Brooklyn Public Library. As of October 2020, the organization is now part of Brooklyn Public Library and is known as the Center for Brooklyn History....