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	Author:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841
	Dates:	1642-1841
	Abstract:	The Franklin papers contain several letters which refer to African Americans, particularly in regards to the need to abolish slavery and the establishment of a school for African American children.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F85
	Extent:	85.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Account books. \| American Philosophical Society \| American Revolution \| Americans Abroad \| Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 \| Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Diaries. \| Diplomatic History \| Diplomatic Material \| Electricity -- Early works to 1800 \| Family Correspondence \| France -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 \| Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 \| Franklin, William, 1731-1813 \| General Correspondence \| Government Affairs \| Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 \| Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 \| International Travel \| Land and Speculation \| Manuscript Essays \| Marriage and Family Life \| Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 \| Military History \| Pen works \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century \| Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 18th century \| Pennsylvania History \| Political Correspondence \| Postal service -- United States \| Printed Material \| Printers -- Pennsylvania \| Printing and Publishing \| Scientific Correspondence \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States -- Foreign relations -- France \| United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain \| United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Williams, Jonathan, 1719-1796 \| Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

	Author:	Price, Richard, 1723-1791	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Richard Price Papers
	Dates:	1767-1790
	Abstract:	Some correspondence relating to slavery in the Price Papers may be of interest to scholars of African American history. APS also possesses copies of Price's influential work "Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution" (print collection) in which, among other things, he condemns slavery. The Price papers contain Thomas Jefferson's response to this work (see above), complete with an analysis of how Price's antislavery message may meet with a mixed response from Americans.
	Call #:	Mss.B.P93
	Extent:	90 items
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| American Philosophical Society \| American Revolution \| Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 \| Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 \| Colonial Politics \| Eliot, Samuel, 1739-1820 \| Ethics -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1850 \| France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787 \| General Correspondence \| Graves, Thomas Graves, 1st Baron, 1725-1802 \| Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789 \| Harvard College \| Howard, John, 1726-1790 \| Italy -- Description and travel -- 18th century \| Jackson, John \| Lathrop, John, 1740-1816 \| Lexington, Battle of, 1775 \| Life expectancy \| Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Pensions -- Massachusetts \| Political Correspondence \| Price, Richard, 1723-1791 \| Prisons \| Religion \| Slavery. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 \| Smith, Isaac, 1744-1817 \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects \| United States -- Politics and government, 1783-1788

	Author:	Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Vaughan Papers
	Dates:	1746-1900
	Abstract:	This collection contains at least one item which may be of interest to students of African American history: a manuscript concerning slaves in the British West Indies, entitled "Negroes."
	Call #:	Mss.B.V46p
	Extent:	13.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 \| Agriculture \| American Revolution \| Animal magnetism. \| Architecture \| Astronomy \| Barère, B. (Bertrand), 1755-1841 \| Beyond Early America \| Billaud-Varenne, 1756-1819 \| Blake, Anne Susannah \| Bowdoin College \| Breeding. \| Colonial Politics \| Diplomacy. \| Diplomatic History \| Diplomatic Material \| Diseases \| Dueling. \| Early National Politics \| Electricity \| Family Correspondence \| Genealogies \| General Correspondence \| Hallowell (Me.) \| Harlowe, Harris \| Land and Speculation \| Lectures \| Lindet, Jean-Baptiste-Robert, 1749-1825 \| Littlefield, William B. \| Locke, John, 1632-1704 \| Manufactures \| Maps and Surveys \| Medicine \| Mesmerism \| Meteorology \| Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 \| Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 \| Notes \| Pennell, Jacob \| Plantations \| Punctuation \| Raymond, Edward \| Religion \| Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794 \| Science and technology \| Silk industry. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Taxation \| Unitarianism \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 \| Vaughan, John, 1756-1841

	Author:	Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Vaux Family Papers, 1690-1996
	Dates:	1690-1996
	Abstract:	The collection may contain materials of interest relating to the family's involvement with the anti-slavery movement.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.73
	Extent:	150 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| American Revolution \| Antebellum Politics \| Business Records and Accounts \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Genealogy. \| General Correspondence \| Institutional Records \| Land speculation \| Legal Records \| Maps and Surveys \| Marriage and Family Life \| Mineralogy. \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Quaker businesspeople \| Quakers -- Missions. \| Seneca Indians \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Surveying and Maps \| Travel \| Vaux Family \| Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803 \| Vaux, George, VII, 1779-1836 \| Vaux, George, VIII, 1832-1915 \| Vaux, William Sansom, 1811-1882 \| Yellow fever.