Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

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: A New System of Paper Currency; Large two-page newpaper clipping from the Worcester Palladium dated July 15, 1840, containing Lysander Spooner's article "A New System of Paper Currency."

: A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery; Unsigned and undated printed broadside entitled "A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery."

: A Portage Bill of mens names, quality, time of Entry, Wages per Month & when Discharged Belonging to Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Master from the Coast of Africa; Portage bill for the Sloop Hare, listing crew names, wages, and term of employment on a passage to the coast of Africa.

: A list of slaves belonging to Mr. Edw'd Ambler in Hanover and Louisa County; List of "fifteen men, tweny-five women, sixteen boys, and eleven girls, in all 67" slaves belonging to Mr. Edw'd [Edward] Ambler in Hanover and Louisa County [Virginia]. Includes names and ages of each slave. On back, later additions to document dated May 31, 1765 and "this year 1766" list items purchased for "negroes to be clothed."

: A return of the apraisement [sic] of the Property of Bartholomew Gartman, Dec.; Four-page inventory of Bartholomew Gartman of Jefferson County, Georgia, regarding his estate at the time of his death. Identifies two slaves, "1 negro man named Limbrick [?]; 1 negro girl nam'd Peggy," among livestock and household goods. Signed on last page by administrators of the estate, Solomon Hood, Charly Higdon, and Shomake Holden. Made official and signed by Jas. [James] Bozeman.

: A true and perfect inventory of the estate of David Tinsley Dece'd [deceased]; Three-page inventory of the estate of David Tinsley of Caroline County [Virginia]. Identifies four slaves, "Jemmy a negro fellow, Tom a negro fellow, Plato a negro boy, Tamer a negro girl" along with household goods and livestock. Signed by executors Mary Tinsley, Ja. [James] Jameson, Thos. [Thomas] Daniel, Thos. [Thomas] Sale. Made official and signed by Benjamin Robinson of the Caroline County Court on March 8, 1759.

: A. S. Circular from the Decade meeting Dec. 1843, American A. S. Soc.; Three-page manuscript circular letter from the American Anti-Slavery Society, soliciting donations to sustain operation of the organization.

: A. S. Petition for the rights of the Col'd Citizen; Petition letter [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] asking the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protest in United States Supreme Court against the wrongful imprisonment of "colored citizens" employed on trade ships arriving at the ports of slaveholding states.

: Abiather Wilson to Messrs. Samuel and Wm. Vernon; Account current for Abiather Wilson with Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] for purchases made between August 26, 1774 and August 7, 1775.

: Abstract of Accot. Sale, Charges, & Net Proceed of 63 men Negro Slaves Receiv'd of the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Commander from Sierra Leone on Account of Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon Merchants in Rhode Island; Account record of expenses and profits related to the Charleston, South Carolina, sale of 63 slaves from Sierra Leone aboard the Sloop Hare, captained by Caleb Godfrey, for Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island].

: Accot. of Sale Charges & Net Proceeds of 63 men Negro Slaves Receiv'd of the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Commander from Sierra Leon on Account of Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon Merchants in Rhode Island; Detailed account record of Charleston, South Carolina, sale of 63 slaves brought from Sierra Leone on the Sloop Hare by Capt. Caleb Godfrey. Includes names of purchasers, amount, and terms of payment.

: Account Sales of Fifty Four Negroes received of the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Commander from Africa on Account of Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon & Company, Merchants in Rhode Island; Detailed account record of Charleston, South Carolina, sale of 54 slaves brought from Africa on the Sloop Hare by Capt. Caleb Godfrey. Includes names of purchasers, amount, terms of payment, and costs associated with the sale, such as wine and punch.

: Account Sales of Six Negro Slaves receiv'd & the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Com'dr from Africa; Account record for the sale of slaves aboard the Sloop Hare by Captain Caleb Godfrey on behalf of Robert Stevens and Saml. [Samuel] and Wm. [William] Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes expenses of medical costs and coffins for slaves that died during the voyage.

: Account of 203 slaves purchase at Mozambique; Account record of 283 slaves [probably aboard the Ship Ascension], Master Samuel Chace. Includes list of slaves given as "priveledge" to Chace and crew members Mr. Brattle, Mr. Clark, Baxter, and James Perrard [Perraud].

: Account of Disbursements on Board the Sloop Louisa on a Voige to Affrica kept by Benjamin Weaver Master; Expense record of Captain Benjamin Weaver aboard the Sloop Louisa in Riopongo [probably Rio Pongo, Guinea], listing purchases of provisions and slaves dated December 22, 1805 through February 26, 1806.

: Account of Sales of the Ascensions Cargo of Slaves and Buenos Ayres for Account of Messrs. Vernon Gardner & Co.; Account record for sales of slaves aboard the Ship Ascension at Mozambique by Samuel Chace on behalf of Messrs. Vernon Gardner & Co. [William Vernon and Caleb Gardner]. Includes purchases of blankets, medical expenses, and "landing" fees, as well as a sale of 33 slaves to Don Thomas Antonio Romero in Mozambique.

: Account of a late Publication intitled "The Origin of the Negroe Slave Trade"; Five-page clipping from printed book. Reprint of work entitled "The Origin of the Negroe Slave Trade" by Matthias Christian Sprengel.

: Account of carpenters work in repairing the Brigg Othello comenced January the 2nd 1774; Six-page booklet of carpentry labor for repairs on board the Brig Othello. Names carpenters Church, Palmer, Trickee, S. Crapon, Crapon Junr.; Pike; Thos. Crapon, and W. Crapon.

: Acct. of Gold rec'd & Paid; Unsigned and undated account record for the trade of gold.

: Accts. Of Adv'ce for y'e People of Brig Othello; Statement of the accounts of [First?] Mate William Munro and Second Mate John Bent of the Brig Othello. Lists payments in cash and goods.

: Address Reported by Gerrit Smith to the Jerry Rescue Convention, held in Syracuse October 1, 1857; Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.

: Advance Wages Brigt. Othello; 16-page booklet of advanced wages given to crew members aboard the Brig Othello.

: Affidavit of Nathan H. Gartin; Two-page affidavit allowing Nathan H. Gartin to seek and arrest the slave Jack in Marion County, Kentucky.

: Amount of Slaves Sold at the Havanna; Account record for the Ship Ascension, including profits from selling slaves in Havanna [Cuba].

: An Accot. Of the Cargo on board the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Mastr. for the Coast of Africa; Account of cargo on board the Sloop Hare off of the coast of Africa, including beef, flower [flour], Irish cane, bread; pork, sugar and tarr [tar]. Lists names of account holders for said cargo, Geo. [George] Gardner, Thos. [Thomas] Cranston; David Earl, Benj. [Benjamin] Greene, Nathaniel Coggeshall, Richardson and Johnathan [and/or John] Thurston.

: An Accot. of Slaves Purchased of Whom and Cargo Disposed of from on Board the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey master on the Coast of Africa; Account record of slaves and goods purchased from Caleb Godfrey on the Sloop Hare after a voyage to the coast of Africa. Includes names of 25 purchasers, most notably, "Pistue [?] a Black." On back, tally of "Sundy. [Sundry] Expended and Wastage out of the Sloop Hare's Cargo in a Voige to the Coast of Africa."

: An Appeal to Abolitionists; Three-page printed circular letter from the American Anti-Slavery Society, soliciting donations that will support the "gratuitous distribution" of anti-slavery publications in pro-slavery areas. Followed by manuscript note from H. B. Stanton to Francis Jackson in Boston, Mass., giving a personal apppeal for funds.

: An account of sales of 2 Negroes and 12 [] of Rum of the Sloop Union, Caleb Cory Commander at Savannah in Georgia; One-page list of accounts of the Sloop Union at Savannah, Georgia, under the command of Caleb Cory. Includes the sale of "2 negroes." Additional note at bottom reads, "Savannah in Georgia May 28 1753 - Errors Encyned [?] Joseph Phillip."

: An account of the expence [sic] that arose for keeping the poor that belong to Springfield and Longmeadow since the division of the town; Two-page account detail from a "meeting of select men of Longmeadow & Springfield" regarding expenses for "keeping the poor that belong to Springfield and Longmeadow [Massachussets].

: Anti-Slavery Circular by E. G. Loring, Feb. 1835; Circular letter from the New England Anti-Slavery Society announcing the appointment of Rev. Samuel J. May to General Agent and soliciting funds to pay for his yearly salary.

: Anti-Slavery Circular, Stanton 1837; Circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society and committee chairman Lewis Tappan, of New York, to Francis Jackson [of Boston] regarding general operations of the Society.

: Appeal to the Friends of the Slaves; Printed letter soliciting donations for the operation of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with names of donors to be printed in the Emancipator. Signed by Henry B. Stanton. Subsciption paper attached.

: Appointment of Stanton Dec. 1838 as Genl. Agent of Mass. Society; Minutes from the meeting of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts A. S. [Anti-Slavery] Society, December 27, 1888 [1838], in which Henry B. Stanton is appointed General Agent of the Society.

: Appraissment of the personal estate of Charles Webb; Four-page inventory of the estate of Charles Webb, including livestock, house wares, tools, and slaves named George, Billy, Rueben, Pompy, Daniel, Hampton, Ned, Stephen, Rose, Miner, Jenny, Franky, Betty, Billy, Jupiter, Moses, Jenny, Molly, Virgin and child, Moses, Aron, Peter, Dennis, Tamer, Milly, Susan, Peggy, Dinah, Judah, Siler, Darly, Jacob, Samuel, Cate, Matilda, and Jacob, in Fayette County, Kentucky.

: Arbiter of argument between Chambers [and] Mills; Arbitration of argument between Hugh Mills and Thomas Chambers, regarding payment for "a certain negro fellow named Emmanuel."

: Atticus 3 mo 24. 96. Inserted in Lewes Journal; Two-page letter to the Editors of the Lewes Journal on the topic of abolition, signed 'Atticus' and dated Henfield [Sussex, England] March 24, 1796.

: Austin & Laurens Sales of Hare's Cargo from Africa; Fragment of account record for the [Sloop] Hare owned by Austin & Laurens [of Charleson, South Carolina]. Only docket remains.

: Bill of Sale between A. H. Woody and David A. Layne; Two-Page bill of sale between H. A. Woody and David Layne regarding the slave boy Tom, in Lexington, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between C. W. Hall and David Payne; Two-page bill of sale between C. W. Hall and David Payne regarding one slave boy named Pleasant and one slave boy named Edmond, in Lexington, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between Elizabeth Smith and John Smith; Two-Page Bill of Sale between Elizabeth Smith and John Smith regarding one male slave man named James in the town of Danville, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between James Davis and David Sayre; Two-page bill of sale between James Davis and David Sayre regarding one slave women named Milly and her child, one slave girl named Nancy, in Lexington County, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between James E. Davis and Samuel Agnes; Two-page bill of sale between James Davis and Samuel Agnes regarding one negro woman named Rhoda and one negro boy named Hagen, in Fayette County, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between James McCall and James Vallandingham; Two-page bill of sale between James McCall and James Vallandingham, with original release of property by John R. Ford, regarding the slaves Malinda, Sarah, and Bob, in Fayette County, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between John Cookendorfer and Robert Houston; Two-page bill of sale between John Cookendorfer, Philip Pock, and Robert Houston regarding one slave named Rachel in Harrison County, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between John Smith and Richard Dallam; Four-page bill of sale between John Smith and Richard Dallam regarding the slaves named Charles, Allman, Sall, and Rachel, who was to be emancipated according to an earlier deed of manumission, in the State of Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between Joseph Freeman and David Sayre; Two-page bill of sale between Joseph Freeman and David Sayre regarding the slave boy George.

: Bill of Sale between Kiziah Moore and Josiah Bell; Two-page bill of sale between Kiziah Moore and Josiah Bell regarding the slave girl Mary in Harrison County, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between Nelson Hundley and Elizabeth Clark; Two-page bill of sale between Nelson Hundley and Elizabeth Clark regarding one slave girl named Caroline, one slave boy named Josephin Fayette County, Kentucky

: Bill of Sale between Richard Higgins and Gidion Shryock; Two-page bill of sale between Richard Higgins and Gidion Shryock regarding one slave man named Scipio, in Fayette County, Kentucky.

: Bill of Sale between Susanna Arnett, David Arnett, James Arnett and Alexander Parker; Two-page Bill of Sale between Susanna Arnett, David Arnett, James Arnett and Alexander Parker regarding a male slave named Rueben in Fayette County and Lexington County, Kentucky; second bill of sale dated August 15, 1799 between Alexander Parker and William Gist regarding aforementioned slave; third bill of sale dated January 4th, 1808 regarding aforementioned slave.

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