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1	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

2	Author:	Wyck Association	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Wyck Association Collection
	Dates:	1663-1972
	Abstract:	With emphases on religion, education, and social concerns, the correspondence in the Wyck collection contains numerous references to African Americans. These issues emerge in the correspondence of Caspar Wistar Haines I, Hannah Marshall Haines, Reuben Haines III, Jane Bowne Haines I, Robert Bowne Haines I, and Caspar Wistar Haines II.See below for more specific subject references within the letters. The collection also contains a series of writings: diaries, essays, journals, notebooks, and poetry. Of particular interest are the papers describing the exploits of a runaway slave, Henry Hudson, in 1819.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.52
	Extent:	151.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia \| Accounts. \| Agriculture \| Bills (financial). \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Culture, community, organizations \| Deeds \| Diaries. \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Haines family \| Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-18 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 \| Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765- \| Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 \| Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 \| Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 \| Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 \| Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 \| Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728- \| Haines, Mary T., 1892- \| Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 \| Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 \| Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 \| Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 \| Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, \| Home economics -- United States -- Accounting \| Horticulture \| Institutional Records \| Jansen family \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Miscellaneous \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs \| Philadelphia History \| Photoprints \| Quakers \| Race, race relations, racism \| Receipts \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science and technology \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social problems. \| Trade \| Wistar family \| Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.)

3	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

4	Author:	Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903	Requires cookie*
	Title:	J.P. Lesley Papers
	Dates:	1826-1898
	Abstract:	The antislavery interests of J. Peter and Susan Lesley are reflected in letters from correspondents such as Lydia Maria Child, James Freeman Clarke, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The collection also includes a letter of Frederick Douglass (September 6, 1856) in which Douglass offers to assist Susan Lesley in locating the son of a "colored" friend of hers.
	Call #:	Mss.B.L56
	Extent:	7.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Americans Abroad \| Avesta \| Biographies. \| Cartography. \| Charities -- United States. \| Clippings. \| Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 \| Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897 \| Desor, E. (Edouard), 1811-1882 \| Diaries. \| Education -- United States \| Egypt -- Antiquities. \| Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic \| Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 \| Family Correspondence \| Flint, Austin \| France -- Description and travel \| Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt \| Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 \| General Correspondence \| Geological Survey of Pennsylvania \| Geology -- Maps \| Geology -- Nova Scotia -- Surveys \| Geology -- Pennsylvania \| Germany -- Description and travel \| Gibbs, Wolcott, 1822-1908 \| Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900 \| Hawaiian language \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| International Travel \| Javanese language \| Journals (notebooks) \| Lesley, Allen \| Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903 \| Lesley, Joseph, 1831-1889 \| Lesley, Susan I. (Susan Inches), 1823-1904 \| Literature \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920 \| M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874 \| Marriage and Family Life \| Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899 \| McKinley, Alexander \| Nova Scotia -- Surveys \| Obelisks \| Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 \| Paleontology -- Pennsylvania \| Pennsylvania -- Surveys \| Philology \| Photographs \| Poems \| Scientific Data \| Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate , 1841-1906 \| Sketches. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 \| Switzerland -- Description and travel \| Thomson, J. Edgar (James Edgar), 1808-1874 \| Transcendentalism \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| Unitarianism \| United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 \| Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 \| Wright, Chauncey,1830-1875.