Resources in African-American History

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:	Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857	Requires cookie*
Title:	Elisha Kent Kane Papers
Dates:	1810-1953
Abstract:	Among the most popular of American explorers of the mid-nineteenth century, Kane visited Africa in 1846 aboard the frigate United States. The Kane collection contains a variety of fascinating materials relating to the slave trade and plight of African Americans in the nineteenth century. The papers consist of manuscript materials entitled "Journal of a Trip to Africa," "Slave voyage notebook," and "Whydah slave trade." Also, there are two "Africa: miscellaneous" folders which include an essay on the commercial policy and history of the Gold Coast, along with quantitative data for the years 1820-1843 regarding the repatriation of African Americans to Liberia.
Call #:	Mss.B.K132
Extent:	6.75 Linear Feet
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Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Africa \| Africa -- Description and travel \| Americans Abroad \| Arctic Indians \| Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration \| Arctic regions-Pictorial works \| Asia Minor -- Description and travel \| Bills. \| Blockley Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| China -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Colonization, repatriation \| Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892 \| Egypt -- Description and travel \| Engravings. \| Exploration \| Exploration. \| Explorers -- United States \| Family Correspondence \| Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893 \| Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 \| General Correspondence \| Geometry -- Study and teaching \| Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 \| Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 \| Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874 \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| Hospitals -- Pennsylvania \| Indians of North America -- Nunavut \| International Travel \| Inuit -- Canada \| Inuit -- Greenland \| Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island \| Journals (notebooks) \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Kane, Jane Duval Leiper \| Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795- \| Lectures \| Letterbooks \| Liberia -- Description and travel \| Logbooks \| Maps. \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine -- Practice -- Pennsylvania \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania \| Meteorology -- Arctic Regions \| Mexico -- Description and travel \| Mineralogy -- Study and teaching \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Northwest Passage \| Notebooks \| Obstetrics \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Hospitals \| Philadelphia. General Hospital \| Plantations \| Receipts \| Silhouettes \| Sketches. \| Slave trade -- Africa \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States -- Foreign relations -- China \| United States. Navy \| Watercolors

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.

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