Julia Wilbur Journal Briefs, 1844 - 1862

96 pages. Journal of Julia Wilbur containing brief entries summarizing personally significant events, dated May 1, 1844 to December 31, 1862; there are corresponding entries in her larger journals where content is elaborated upon. Documents Wilbur’s teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings, work on the Underground Railroad, and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women’s rights movement and association with Susan B. Anthony; family relationships, particularly with her niece Alfreda Bigelow; and work during the Civil War aiding individuals who escaped slavery to Union territory during the war (who were referred to as "contraband").

Subjects: Women--Diaries; War diaries; Women teachers; Women--Education; Discrimination in education; Congresses and conventions; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Slavery; Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850); Fugitive slaves; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; Temperance; Women’s rights; Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906; Lectures and lecturing; Death; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women and war; Contraband of war

Relevant locations: New York (State); Rochester (N.Y.); Somerset (N.Y. : Town); Rush (N.Y. : Town); Washington (D.C.); Alexandria (Va.)