Subject | • | African American |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | General Correspondence |
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| | • | Early National Politics |
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| | • | Education |
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| | • | Miscellaneous |
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| | • | Philadelphia History |
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| | • | Religion |
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| | • | Science and technology |
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| | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
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| | • | Travel |
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| | • | Travel Narratives and Journals |
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| | • | American Philosophical Society |
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| | • | Antebellum Politics |
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| | • | Business Records and Accounts |
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| | • | Family Correspondence |
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| | • | Institutional Records |
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| | • | Legal Records |
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| | • | Native America |
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| | • | Natural history |
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| | • | Pennsylvania History |
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| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
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| | • | American Revolution |
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| | • | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) |
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| | • | Business and Skilled Trades |
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| | • | Colonial Politics |
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| | • | Educational Material |
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| | • | Exploration. |
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| | • | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Kentucky |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Mississippi |
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| | • | International Travel |
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| | • | Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 |
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| | • | Manuscript Essays |
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| | • | Religion, religious organizations |
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| | • | Scientific Correspondence |
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| | • | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Slavery -- United States. |
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| | • | Account books. |
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| | • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
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| | • | African American churches -- United States |
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| | • | African Americans |
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| | • | African Americans -- History -- To 1863 |
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| | • | Americans Abroad |
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| | • | Anishinaabe |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Archaeology |
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| | • | Association for the Education of Men of Colour. |
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| | • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
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| | 1 | Author: | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Address on the impolicy of slavery, 1824
| | | | Dates: | 1824 | | | | Abstract: | An example of an address given during the antebellum abolition movement. | | | | Call #: | Mss.371.974.As7 | | | | Extent: | 1 item(s) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | Antebellum Politics | Association for the Education of Men of Colour. | Manuscript Essays | Slavery -- United States. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Speeches. | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | |
| 2 | Author: | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel Stehman Haldeman letters, 1859-1875
| | | | Dates: | 1844-1875 | | | | Abstract: | Students of African American history may find one of Haldeman's letters of interest: a December 1859 letter expresses Haldeman's disapproval of the Abolitionist activities of "negro stealing," and cites Samuel Morton's studies of the African's limited cranial capacity to justify American slavery. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H129 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African Americans | Beetles. | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Entomology. | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Race, race relations, racism | Science. | Sedgwick, S. J. | |
| 3 | 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. | |
| 5 | Author: | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sol Feinstone Slavery collection, 1773-1888
| | | | Dates: | 1773-1888 | | | | Abstract: | A rich source of material for students of African American history. | | | | Call #: | Mss.326.F33 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear Feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | African Americans -- History -- To 1863 | Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 | Early National Politics | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 | Legal Records | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Reconstruction | Slavery -- United States. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | |
| 6 | 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 | |
| 7 | 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. | |
| 8 | 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 | |
| 9 | Author: | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858
| | | | Dates: | 1764-1858 | | | | Abstract: | In a series of essays originally rolled up as scrolls (Series II), Hare asserted that slavery was a positive good for slave, master, and community alike, but argued nevertheless that it be abolished gradually, with full compensation to slave owners, in favor of a free labor system marked by a pronounced racial subordination. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H22 | | | | Extent: | 3 Linear Feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | American Philosophical Society | Antebellum Politics | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) | Banks and banking -- United States. | Blasting, Submarine | Blowpipe. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Capital punishment. | Chemical apparatus | Chemistry | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Cyclones. | Early National Politics | Education | Educational Material | Electricity -- 19th century | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 | Epidemics -- United States | Essays. | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania | Fire extinction | Fisher, John, 1806-1882 | Fisher, Richard | General Correspondence | Guano | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Lectures | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Mesmerism | Money | Paper money -- United States -- 19th century | Partridge, Charles | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Poems | Powel, Samuel, Jr. | Race, race relations, racism | Railroads | Religion | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities | Science and technology | Scientific Data | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 | Sketchbooks | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Smithsonian Institution | Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania | Storms | Tornadoes | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century | |
| 10 | Author: | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel George Morton Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1850 | | | | Abstract: | Morton's diary, made on a trip that be made to the West Indies, records observations made on many of the Islands on life, work, agriculture, slavery, and derogatory comments on the native inhabitants. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M843 | | | | Extent: | 2.25 Linear Feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | African American | Archaeology | Aymara Indians | Bachman, John (1790-1874) | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Barbados -- Description and travel -- 19th century | Botany | Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 | Conrad, Timothy Abbott, 1803-1877 | Cooper, William, 1776-1848 | Craniology. | Craniometry | Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 | DeKay, James Ellsworth, 1792-1 | Diaries. | Doornik, Jacob Elisa, 1777-183 | Education | Egyptology. | Exploration. | Fermine Gomez Farias | French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877 | General Correspondence | Geology | Gliddon, George R.(George Robi | Gomez, Jose Justo Gomez de la | Hildreth, Samuel P. (Samuel Pr | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Indians of North America -- Kentucky | Indians of North America -- Massachusetts | Indians of North America -- Mississippi | Indians of North America -- Ohio | Indians of North America -- Physical characteristics | Indians of North America -- Rhode Island | Indians of North America -- Tennessee | Indians of South America -- Peru | Indians of South America -- Physical characteristics | International Travel | Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Medicine | Mineralogy | Miscegenation | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Natural history | Naumkeag Indians | Ornithology | Paleontology | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Pentland, Joseph Barclay | Phrenology | Race | Race, race relations, racism | Rush, William, 1756-1833 | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sketches. | Skull. | Slavery -- Barbados | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | Watercolors | |
| 11 | Author: | Hare-Willing family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Hare-Willing Family Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1724-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Of particular interest to students of African American history are records of the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia (receipt book, 1820-1848; minute book, 1827-1844). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.104 | | | | Extent: | 52 Linear Feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Account books. | African American | African American churches -- United States | Americans Abroad | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. | Beale, Catherine C. | Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932 | Beale, Constance R. | Beale, Edward Fitzgerald | Binney, Horace, 1780-1875 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 | Clark, John Innes | Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 | Early National Politics | Education | Educational Material | Family Correspondence | First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia. | Flint (Ship) | General Correspondence | Hare, Charles Willing, 1871-1942 | Hare, Ellen Mary Cassatt | Hare, Emily P. Beale, 1848-1935 | Hare, Esther Binney, 1873-1967 | Hare, Esther Coxe Binney | Hare, George Harrison | Hare, Horace Binney | Hare, Horace Binney, 1843-1879 | Hare, Horace Binney, 1876-1956 | Hare, John Innes Clark, 1816-1905 | Hare, Margaret Willing, 1753-1816 | Hare, Robert, 1752-1811 | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Hare, Robert, 1869-1875 | Hare, Thomas Truxtun, 1878-1956 | Hare-Willing family. | Harvard University | Institutional Records | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Law | Legal Records | Letterbooks. | Mac Veagh, Margaret | Meigs, Ellen Mary Cassatt Hare | Minutes. | Miscellaneous | Natural history | Notebooks | Perry-Smith, Oliver, 1884-1969 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Councils. -- Common Council. | Philadelphia History | Receipt books. | Religion | Religion, religious organizations | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 | San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel. | Science -- United States -- 19th century. | Science and technology | Scrapbooks. | Smith, Stuart Farrar, 1874-1951 | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Steam-engines. | Titantic (Steamship) | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States (Ship) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821 | Women's History | World War I | World War II | |
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