Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Griffiths, Julia, d. 1895 Rochester Ladies' Anti-slavery Society Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Published / Created:
1854
Call Number:
Za Em34 854
Image Count:
1
Description:
"In commending this, the second volume of "The autographs for freedom," ... "The Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society" would congratulate themselves and the friends of freedom generally on the progress made ... by the cause to which the book is devoted"--Preface. 'Second volume' probably refers to an 1853 publication of the same title, also edited under the auspices of The Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, but published by J.P. Jewett in Boston. The contents of each work are unique, although some of the authors are the same., "On freedom" [poem] by R.W. Emerson, p. [235]-236; "A day ... at Playford Hall," by H.B. Stowe, p. [277]-303., "Stereotyped by Thomas B. Smith, 216 William St., N.Y."--Title page verso., A collection of signed articles, poems, etc., by men and women prominent in the anti-slavery movement. Most of the signatures are in facsimile., and Edited "on behalf of the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society"--P. vi.
Publisher:
Alden, Beardsley & Co. ; and Wanzer, Beardsley & Co.,
Subject (Name):
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Topic):
Antislavery movements--United States and Slavery--United States
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Brown family Brown, Frederick, b. 1830 Brown, Jason, 1823-1912 Brown, Wealthy
Published / Created:
1855-1856
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1671 B8131
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Four ALS. In a letter of June 12, 1855 Wealthy writes from Brownsville to her sister-in-law Ruth Thompson. She tells of the trip from Ohio to Kansas and of the cholera outbreak onboard the steamer "New Lucy". She comments on the other passengers, who were mainly slaveholders and their wives. Wealthy goes on to describe their claims, extols the virtues of the Kansas climate and countryside, and urges Ruth and Henry Thompson to join them. In a letter from Osawatomie dated February 10, 1856, Frederick Brown writes of the events of January 15th that culminated in the murder of Mr. E. P. Brown [R. P. Brown?] by a group of proslavery men. and In the first of two letters to family and friends, Jason Brown writes from Osawatomie on June 28, 1856. He tells of answering the call to defend the city of Lawrence and of receiving word of the taking of Lawrence and of the murder of five proslavery men on Pottawatomie Creek. He describes at length his and John Jr.'s imprisonment and their forced march to Lecompton and then Tecumseh. He briefly describes the skirmish at Hickory Point in which Salmon Brown and Henry Thompson were wounded. In Jason's letter of August 13, 1856 he tells of his attempts to protect the claims from looting and burning and reports that Missourians are said to be gathering to attack Osawatomie.
Description:
Five of abolitionist John Brown's sons moved to Kansas in 1855. The unmarried sons, Owen, Salmon, and Frederick went first and were followed by John Jr. and Jason and their families later that spring. The Browns staked claims near Pottawatomie and were joined by their father and other family members in October. John Jr. became active in Free-State politics, served as a delegate to the Topeka Legislature, and was elected captain of the newly formed Pottawatomie Rifle Company. In May 1865 John Jr. and Jason set off with the Pottawatomie Rifles to defend Lawrence but were turned back. In the wake of the Pottawatomie Massacre, Jason and John Brown, Jr. were arrested and imprisoned. Frederick Brown was shot and killed shortly before the burning of Osawatomie in August 1865. The Browns left Kansas that fall. and Purchased from King V. Hostick on the William Robertson Coe fund, 1965.
Subject (Geographic):
Kansas--History--1854-1861, Kansas--Politics and government--1854-1861, and Pottawatomie County (Kan.)
Subject (Name):
Brown family, Brown, Frederick, b. 1830, Brown, Jason, 1823-1912, Brown, John, 1800-1859, Brown, John, 1821-1895, Brown, Wealthy, and Pottawatomie Rifles
Subject (Topic):
Abolitionists--United States, Antislavery movements--United States, Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas, Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories, and Women pioneers--Kansas
"Remarks" concerning the calendar pages, p. 2, signed: J.D., At head of title: Vol. 1. No. 4., Back wrapper contains a publisher's catalog., In yellow printed and illustrated wrapper., Original wrappers., and Title illustration, with legend.
Publisher:
Published for the American Anti-Slavery Society. S.W. Benedict, 143, Nassau Street,
Subject (Name):
American Anti-Slavery Society, Benedict, Seth Williston, 1803-1869, and J. D.
Subject (Topic):
Almanacs, American, Antislavery movements--United States, Slavery--United States--Controversial literature, and Slavery--United States--Societies, etc.
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
African American authors--20th century, African Americans--History--To 1863, Antislavery movements--United States, and Slavery--United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775