Slavery -- United States
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Jones papers
This collection is comprised of two items of Samuel Jones's papers, and includes a copy of his will, as well as a copy of an emancipation document for a family enslaved by Jones.
Manumissions
This collection is comprised of original and typed transcripts of manumissions of enslaved people from Burlington, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Includes transcriptions of other manumissions not in this folder (in possession of E. Page Allinson 1939). Loose
William Parker scrapbook
The scrapbook is comprised of clippings of an article on the Christiana Riot, published in 1910 by the Atlantic Monthly, but originally published in 1866. The article, "The Freedman's Story," was written by William Parker, a formerly enslaved person who escaped slavery and became an abolitionist and activist in Pennsylvania. He was a key actor in the Christiana Riot, and the article describes his memory of the event. It is not known who compiled the scrapbook.
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records
The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color
The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of Free People of Color was a Quaker society in New York City, organized in 1839. Its purpose was to support the abolition of slavery and educational charities for Black people. This small collection contains a minute book (6/1839-5/1843) and loose minutes (1844).
John Woolman Manuscripts Collection
Yearly and Monthly Meeting minute extracts
This collection contains typed research notes by an unknown person. Previously they were referred to as extracts, however they are not formal printed extracts. The notes are from Yearly and Monthly Meetings, including Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Indiana Yearly Meeting, and Ohio Yearly Meeting. Many of the notes either are categorized by topic, or include topical indices.
