Carter, John, 1800-1877
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Carter family correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-018
Identifier: SFHL-SC-018
Abstract
This correspondence is among members of the Carter family. Letters mostly concern family news. One letter from John to Sarah in 1858 concerns an editorial in The Friend, a Quaker periodical, and the general feeling at that time concerning Friends in London.
Dates:
1827-1870
Benjamin Coates African Colonization collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1190
Overview
Letters relating to the emigration of free Blacks to the West African colony of Liberia and establishment of Liberian institutions written to American Quaker reformer, Benjamin Coates (1808-1887) whose work toward the abolition of slavery led to a relationship with many well-known people connected to Liberia, a colony established to offer a new home and a fresh start away from slavery to free Blacks in the mid-19th century.
Dates:
1848-1880; Majority of material found within 1858 - 1869
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- Subject
- Abolitionists 1
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- African American social reformers 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Liberia -- History 1
- Quaker abolitionists 1
- Quaker philanthropists 1
- Quaker social reformers 1 + ∧ less
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