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Petition to the Mayor of Rochester Respecting the Slave Trade, 1814.
"An Immediate and Universal Abolition of that Abominable Traffic the African Slave-Trade" [Manuscript]. [Slavery]. [Great Britain]. Requisition to the Mayor for Common Hall Respecting Slave Trade [Docket Title]. Rochester, Kent, July 4, 1814. 2 pp. 8-3/4" x 7-1/4" bifolium, text in copperplate script to first page followed by 28 autograph..... More
Two Acts Dealing with the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain.
Payouts for Former British Enslavers [Slavery]. [Great Britain]. William IV [1765-1837], King of Great Britain. An Act for Carrying into Further Execution Two Acts of His Present Majesty, Relating to the Compensation for Slaves Upon the Abolition of Slavery, And for Facilitating the Distribution and Payment of Such Compensation. London..... More
Carte De Visite of Lincoln, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, House....
c.1865 Carte-De-Visite of the Framers and Supporters of the 13th Amendment [Slavery]. [Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)]. [Carte-De-Visite of Lincoln, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, House Speaker Schuyler Colfax and the Members of Congress Who Framed and Supported the 13th Amendment to the Constitution]. New York: Powell & Co., 1865. 3-1/2" x 2-1/4"..... More
Bond Agreement, Henry County, Virginia, December 7, 1804.
An Eminent Local as Guarantor and a "Negro Woman Named Tiggy" as Collateral [Slavery]. [Virginia]. [Bond Agreement to Settle a Debt]. Henry and Patrick Counties, [Virginia], December 7, 1804. 12-1/2" x 8" part-printed document inscribed in neat hand, signed by William Banks, Jr. and docketed on verso. Moderate toning, light..... More
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1858, Ordered...
Dividing Prize Money After the Capture of a Slave Ship [Slavery]. [United States]. In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1858-Ordered to Be Printed. Mr. Polk Made the Following Adverse Report [To Accompany Bill S. (C. of C.) 108.]: The Committee of Claims, To Whom was Referred the..... More