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	Author:	American Philosophical Society	Requires cookie*
	Title:	American Philosophical Society Archives
	Dates:	1743-1984
	Abstract:	The APS archives does not contain a tremendous amount of African American history materials. Nevertheless, the following letter is significant: Dearborn, Benjamin. Letter to the American Philosophical Society. 1803 February 4. Suggestions on the abolition of slavery.
	Call #:	APS.Archives
	Extent:	192.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Adena culture -- West Virginia \| African American \| American Philosophical Society \| Anishinaabe \| Astronomy -- 18th century \| Aztecs. \| Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) \| Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield \| Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 \| Cherokee Indians \| Choctaw Indians \| Colonial Politics \| Dercum, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 \| Early National Politics \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Education \| Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) \| Hanson, Laura E. \| Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 \| History of science and technology. \| Indians of Mexico \| Indians of North America -- Kentucky \| Indians of North America -- Mississippi \| Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast \| Indians of North America -- West Virginia \| Institutional Records \| Keen, William W. (William Williams) \| Lingelbach , William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962 \| Miscellaneous \| Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-19 \| Mound builders \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural history \| Natural history -- 18th century \| Natural history -- 19th century \| Ojibwe people \| Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Plains Indians \| Priestly, Joseph R. \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Shryock, Richard Harrison (1893-1972) \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Southeast Indians \| United States History. \| Vautravers, Jean-Rodolphe \| Warden, David Baillie, 1772-18 \| Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879

	Author:	Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Parker Foulke Papers, 1840-1865
	Dates:	1840-1865
	Abstract:	Among his many interests, Foulke was concerned with the colonization of West Africa for settlement of ex-slaves. As an agent for the Pennsylvania Colonization Society, Foulke kept a valuable diary of his activities in 1852. Colonization also appears as a theme in his correspondence with Edward Everett (1794-1865), Elliott Cresson (1796-1854), John H. B. Latrobe (1803-1891), William Francis Lynch (1801-1865), and William McLain (1855-1857), among others. Many of the above letters have been digitized, and a gallery to promote the study of the colonization cause in the Foulke Papers can be found here: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/gallery-colonization-foulke
	Call #:	Mss.B.F826
	Extent:	3.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Advance (Brig) \| Africa, West -- Description and travel \| American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| American Colonization Society \| Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania \| Archaeology -- Pennsylvania \| Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration \| Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Bringhurst \| Cadwalader, John \| Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879 \| Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876 \| Cassin, John, 1813-1869 \| Colonization, repatriation \| Dinosaurs -- New Jersey \| Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 \| Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 \| Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 \| Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865 \| Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 \| Freemasons -- Pennsylvania \| General Correspondence \| Geological Survey of Pennsylvania \| Geology -- Pennsylvania \| Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilwor \| Grinnell, Henry \| Hart, George H. \| Haviland, John, 1792-1852 \| Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison \| Landis, Henry D. \| Law \| LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 \| Legal Records \| Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 \| Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903 \| Liberia -- Description and travel \| Literature \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Lyceums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Manuscript Essays \| Mesmerism \| Miscellaneous \| Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 \| Native America \| New York Prison Association \| Olden, Charles Smith \| Packard, Frederick A. (Frederick Adolphus) (1794-1867) \| Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- 19th century \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century \| Philadelphia History \| Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons \| Political Correspondence \| Prison reformers -- Pennsylvania \| Prisons -- Design and construction \| Prisons -- New York (State) \| Prisons -- Pennsylvania \| Reformers -- Pennsylvania \| Rogers, Henry D. (Henry Darwin), 1806-1866 \| Science and technology \| Sheafer, P. W. (Peter Wenrick), 1819-1891 \| Slavery -- United States. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 \| Wilson, John Wall

	Author:	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Book of Discipline
	Dates:	1719 (1820)
	Abstract:	The manuscript contains the church's position on marriage, smoking, Native Americans, African Americans, backsliding, etc. It entreats church members not to participate in the slave trade, and that if members have slaves, that they treat them "with humanity and in a Christain manner."
	Call #:	Mss.289.6.So1
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
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	Subjects:	African American \| Church records \| Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 \| Indians of North America \| Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 \| Miscellaneous \| Native America \| Philadelphia History \| Quakers -- Pennsylvania \| Religion \| Religion, religious organizations \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Society of Friends -- Doctrines.

	Author:	Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840	Requires cookie*
	Title:	C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque Papers, 1808-1840
	Dates:	1808-1840
	Abstract:	The collection contains a manuscript written for a contest sponsored by the Societe de Geographie de Paris. The organization sought the best-written history of the "origins of negroes." Rafinesque was awarded a gold medal for his work. Rafinesque, Constantine S. Memoires sur l'origine des nations negres, ou introduction a l'histoire des negres indigenes d'Asie, d'Afrique, polynesie, Amerique et Europe. 1831. 1 item (106 pages).
	Call #:	Mss.B.R124
	Extent:	1.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Anishinaabe \| Bibliographies. \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Botany. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Delaware Indians \| Essays. \| Europe -- Description and travel. \| Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870 \| Indians of North America -- Louisiana \| International Travel \| Journals (notebooks). \| Manuscript Essays \| Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural history \| North America -- Description and travel. \| Notebooks \| Ojibwa Indians \| Osage Indians \| Ottawa Indians \| Picture-writing \| Plains Indians \| Political Correspondence \| Race, race relations, racism \| Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sketches. \| Tarascon, L. A. \| Travel \| Wallam olum \| Zoology.

	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.