Subject | • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
(6)
| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | [X] | | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
(6)
| | • | African American |
(3)
| | • | American Revolution |
(3)
| | • | Business Records and Accounts |
(3)
| | • | Family Correspondence |
(3)
| | • | General Correspondence |
(3)
| | • | Marriage and Family Life |
(3)
| | • | Pennsylvania History |
(3)
| | • | American Philosophical Society |
(2)
| | • | Antebellum Politics |
(2)
| | • | Business and Skilled Trades |
(2)
| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
(2)
| | • | Diaries. |
(2)
| | • | Early National Politics |
(2)
| | • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
(2)
| | • | Institutional Records |
(2)
| | • | Manuscript Essays |
(2)
| | • | Philadelphia History |
(2)
| | • | Political Correspondence |
(2)
| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
(2)
| | • | Reconstruction |
(2)
| | • | Religion, religious organizations |
(2)
| | • | Social Life and Custom |
(2)
| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(2)
| | • | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Account books. |
(1)
| | • | Accounts. |
(1)
| | • | African Americans -- Study and teaching |
(1)
| | • | Agriculture |
(1)
| | • | Americans Abroad |
(1)
| | • | Anthropology |
(1)
| | • | Anthropology -- History |
(1)
| | • | Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork |
(1)
| | • | Association for the Education of Men of Colour. |
(1)
| | • | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 |
(1)
| | • | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 |
(1)
| | • | Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1848 |
(1)
| | • | Bills (financial). |
(1)
| | • | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 |
(1)
| | • | Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 |
(1)
| | • | Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 |
(1)
| | • | Civil rights |
(1)
| | • | Colonial Politics |
(1)
| | • | Columbia University -- Faculty. |
(1)
| | • | Columbia University -- Students. |
(1)
| | • | Deeds |
(1)
| | • | Diplomatic History |
(1)
| | • | Diplomatic Material |
(1)
| | • | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| | • | Eliot, Samuel, 1739-1820 |
(1)
| | • | Ethics -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1850 |
(1)
| | • | France -- Foreign relations -- United States |
(1)
| | • | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 |
(1)
| | • | Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 |
(1)
| | • | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 |
(1)
| | • | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 |
(1)
| | • | Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787 |
(1)
| | • | Genealogy. |
(1)
| | • | Government Affairs |
(1)
| | • | Graves, Thomas Graves, 1st Baron, 1725-1802 |
(1)
| | • | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789 |
(1)
| | • | Haines family |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-18 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765- |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 |
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| | • | Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728- |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Mary T., 1892- |
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| | • | Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 |
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| | • | Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 |
(1)
| | • | Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 |
(1)
| | • | Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, |
(1)
| | • | Harvard College |
(1)
| | • | Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 |
(1)
| | • | Herzog, George, 1901-1983 |
(1)
| | • | Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 |
(1)
| | • | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture |
(1)
| | • | Howard, John, 1726-1790 |
(1)
| | • | International Travel |
(1)
| | • | Italy -- Description and travel -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Jackson, John |
(1)
| | • | Jansen family |
(1)
| | • | Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 |
(1)
| | • | Labor, industrialization |
(1)
| | • | Land and Speculation |
(1)
| | • | Land speculation |
(1)
| | • | Lathrop, John, 1740-1816 |
(1)
| | • | Legal Records |
(1)
| | • | Lexington, Battle of, 1775 |
(1)
| | • | Life expectancy |
(1)
| | • | Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953 |
(1)
| | • | Literature, Arts, and Culture |
(1)
| | • | Mahon,, J.K. |
(1)
| | • | Maps and Surveys |
(1)
| | • | Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| | • | Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 |
(1)
| | • | Military History |
(1)
| | • | Mineralogy. |
(1)
| | • | Mintz, Sidney Wilfred |
(1)
| | • | Miscellaneous |
(1)
| | • | Native America |
(1)
| | • | Pen works |
(1)
| | • | Pencil works |
(1)
| | • | Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Pensions -- Massachusetts |
(1)
| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs |
(1)
| | • | Photoprints |
(1)
| | • | Plantations |
(1)
| | • | Postal service -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Price, Richard, 1723-1791 |
(1)
| | • | Printed Material |
(1)
| | • | Printers -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Printing and Publishing |
(1)
| | • | Prisons |
(1)
| | • | Quaker businesspeople |
(1)
| | • | Quakers |
(1)
| | • | Quakers -- Missions. |
(1)
| | • | Receipts |
(1)
| | • | Religion |
(1)
| | • | Science and technology |
(1)
| | • | Scientific Correspondence |
(1)
| | • | Segregation |
(1)
| | • | Seneca Indians |
(1)
| | • | Slavery -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Slavery. |
(1)
| | • | Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 |
(1)
| | • | Smith, Isaac, 1744-1817 |
(1)
| | • | Social problems. |
(1)
| | • | Southern Methodist University -- Faculty. |
(1)
| | • | Speeches. |
(1)
| | • | Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972 |
(1)
| | • | Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1 |
(1)
| | • | Sturtevant, William C. |
(1)
| | • | Surveying and Maps |
(1)
| | • | Trade |
(1)
| | • | Travel |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Foreign relations -- France |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Politics and government, 1783-1788 |
(1)
| | • | Vaux Family |
(1)
| | • | Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803 |
(1)
| | • | Vaux, George, VII, 1779-1836 |
(1)
| | • | Vaux, George, VIII, 1832-1915 |
(1)
| | • | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. |
(1)
| | • | Vaux, William Sansom, 1811-1882 |
(1)
| | • | Wagley, Charles |
(1)
| | • | Weltfish, Gene |
(1)
| | • | White, Leslie A., 1900-1972 |
(1)
| | • | White, Leslie A., 1900-1975. |
(1)
| | • | Williams, Jonathan, 1719-1796 |
(1)
| | • | Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 |
(1)
| | • | Willis, William Shedrick,1921- |
(1)
| | • | Wistar family |
(1)
| | • | Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| | • | Yellow fever. |
(1)
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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: | 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. | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | Author: | Willis, William Shedrick,1921- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Shedrick Willis papers, [ca. 1940-1983]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1940-1983 | | | | Abstract: | In addition to providing insight into the life of an African American scholar during the civil rights era, this collection may afford students of African American history useful information in a number of areas of interest. Of special note are the lecture materials on the courses Willis taught in anthropology, history of anthropology, and African American studies, while at SMU and at summer sessions at Columbia University during the 1960s-1970s. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.30 | | | | Extent: | 13 Linear Feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African Americans -- Study and teaching | Anthropology | Anthropology -- History | Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork | Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1848 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Civil rights | Columbia University -- Faculty. | Columbia University -- Students. | Culture, community, organizations | Herzog, George, 1901-1983 | Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 | Labor, industrialization | Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953 | Mahon,, J.K. | Mintz, Sidney Wilfred | Plantations | Race, race relations, racism | Reconstruction | Religion, religious organizations | Segregation | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Southern Methodist University -- Faculty. | Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972 | Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1 | Sturtevant, William C. | Wagley, Charles | Weltfish, Gene | White, Leslie A., 1900-1972 | White, Leslie A., 1900-1975. | Willis, William Shedrick,1921- | |
| 5 | 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.) | |
| 6 | 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 | |
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