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African American and African Diaspora collection, 1729-1970 (majority within 1781-1865)
0.75 linear feet
The African American and African Diaspora Collection is comprised largely of individual letters, documents, and other manuscript items relating to slavery, abolition movements, and aspects of African American life, largely dating between 1781 and 1865. Topics addressed in the letters and documents include the experiences and work of enslaved persons in the North and South; the buying and selling of enslaved men, women, and children; participation in the French and Indian War, American Revolution, and Civil War of African descended persons; abolitionists and abolition societies; the American Colonization Society; the lives of formerly enslaved persons; African American education; and many other subjects. For details on each document, see the inventory located under "Detailed Box and Folder Listing"
1729 May 23 . Samuell Conyer [Samuell Coniard] DS to Samuell Talcott; [Wethersfield, Connecticut].
1 page
1742 January 7 . John Wright ALS to John Tomlinson; Brunswick, [Georgia].
2 pages
1752 December 25 . Jonathan Low DS to Seth Story; Ipswich, Massachusetts.
1 page
1756 July 23 . John Bull DS to Sabinah Wilson; Granville County, South Carolina.
2 pages
1760 January 8 . Francis Bernard ALS to Charles Read; Amboy, [New Jersey].
3 pages
1767 January 1 . John Mountague ADS to Charles Gordon; .
2 page
1770 April 21 . John Madocks ADS; Lincoln's Inn.
3 pages
1770 July 12 . Mary Murrin DS to Daniel Saint John; Norwalk, Connecticut.
1 page