Resources in African-American History

1	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

2	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

3	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

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