Anti-Slavery Material, 1850-1851
Scope and Contents
-Webster ‘Retainors,’ Attention! Boston, April 29, 1850
-Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia
-Proclamation. Slave Hunters in Boston Again!! February 17, 1851
-Circular letter of Boston’s Vigilance Committee seeking financial support for help of escaped slaves. March 3, 1851. Signed by eight, among them J.A. Andrew, H.I. Bowditch, S.E. Sewall, Francis Jackson, Robert Morris, Jr.
-Riot at Faneuil hall. Letter of Edmund Quincy, November 17, 1850 to Boston Post riot at reception for George Thompson.
-Deed of Pew of the Rowe Street Baptist Society of Boston. Deed provided the owner had to sell it to a respectable white person. This deed is blank. On reverse: “Robert Morris Jr. to be returned to him”
Dates
- 1850-1851
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions
Extent
From the Collection: 5.57 Cubic Feet (12 document boxes, 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Repository Details
Part of the Distinctive Collections Repository