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Book/Printed MaterialDocumentary history of slavery in the United States A review of slavery in the U.S. from 1774 and the Continental Congress to 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law, with concern about the probable dissolution of the Union because of slavery.- Contributor: Dorsey, John Larkin - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1851
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Book/Printed MaterialWhat became of the slaves on a Georgia plantation? : Great auction sale of slaves, at Savannah, Georgia, March 2d & 3d, 1859. A sequel to Mrs. Kemble's journal First-hand account of a slave sale, with vivid descriptions of buyers and slaves and of the workings of the sale.- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Doesticks, Q. K. Philander - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Butler, Pierce
- Date: 1863
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Book/Printed MaterialThe injustice and impolicy of the slave trade, and of the slavery of the Africans : illustrated in a sermon preached before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and for … Logical arguments against slavery and the slave trade. Edwards advocates abolition of both in the U.S. and abroad. Appendix contains further agruments about manumission and alleged problem with it, especially in the South. Edwards was a Congregational minister and president of Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Francis Markoe Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Edwards, Jonathan - Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage
- Date: 1822
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Book/Printed MaterialA discourse delivered before the African Society in Boston, 15th of July, 1822, on the anniversary celebration of the abolition of the slave trade An address by an African American minister before the African Society, a Black organization. Traces the slave trade from antiquity to colonial America, concentrating on Massachusetts.- Contributor: Harris, Thaddeus Mason - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Israel Thorndike Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - African Society (Boston, Mass.) - Theological Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Thomas Waterman Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1822
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Book/Printed MaterialA letter to the committee chosen by the American Tract Society, to inquire into the proceedings of its Executive Committee, in relation to slavery A letter to the American Tract Society in response to a decision not to publish a tract that touched upon slavery. Jay raises points about slavery, Christianity, and Society philosophy that pertain to the decision. He condemns slavery and feels the Society should condemn it in its publications.- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Jay, William
- Date: 1857
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Book/Printed MaterialEvidence against the views of the abolitionists : consisting of physical and moral proofs, of the natural inferiority of the Negroes Colfax discusses the racial inferiority of African Americans, in contradistinction to the arguments of the abolitionist. He says Blacks and whites have different origins and that change in the current status of the African American will not change in his nature. He argues on the basis of physical distinctions (skin color and effect of climate upon it, skull structure, etc.) and mental distinctions that…- Contributor: Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Colfax, Richard H.
- Date: 1833
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Book/Printed MaterialThe southern platform: or, Manual of southern sentiment on the subject of slavery
Southern platform | Manual of southern sentiment on the subject of slavery A collection of the writings of the most eminent southern statesmen of the Revolutionary War period, designed to show that such men as Washington, Jefferson, Henry Clay, etc., abhorred slavery even though many of them were slave owners. Designed as an anti-slavery statement to the people of the South.- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Goodloe, Daniel R. (Daniel Reaves)
- Date: 1858
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Book/Printed MaterialCorrespondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia Abolitionist statements in the form of letters addressed to Governor Wise of Virginia on the occasion of John Brown's raid and arrest. Child criticizes Virginia's laws on race, and draws a rebuke from Wise. Included is a letter from John Brown to Child asking for financial help for his family, and an exchange of (hostile) letters between Child and a Virginia woman over the…- Contributor: Mason, Maria Jefferson Carr Randolph - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - American Anti-Slavery Society - Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander) - Child, Lydia Maria
- Date: 1860
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