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Abolitionists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Archibald McClean letter

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2023-0186
Dates: 16 February 1842

Archibald McClean letter to Francis James supporting anti-slavery measures in Virginia

 Collection — Box BW 58: [Barcode: X032668462], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16829
Content Description This collection contains a single letter from Colonel Archibald McClean to Pennsylvania Congressman Honorable Francis James, dated February 16, 1842. McClean, a well-connected Virginia lawyer, expresses his support for the anti-slavery efforts of John Quincy Adams. McClean notes his interest in "the debate which has been going on for some time in your House [of Representatives] upon the resolution for censuring Mr. [John Quincy] Adams for presenting a petition which was unpalatable to at...
Dates: 16 February 1842

Alice E. Nutt letter

 Collection — Box BW 48, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16667
Content Description This collection contains a letter from Alice E. Nutt to her cousin, Kate, that discusses various personal matters before querying Kate on her impressions of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Nutt, whose father was an ardent Virginia secessionist, articulates an unfavorable reaction to the recently published work and also addresses her disdain for the abolitionist efforts of English noblewomen. The letter measures 7.75" X 6.25" and is four pages in length. Some parts of the fourth page are written...
Dates: 1853 January 12

Wendell Phillips papers

 Collection — Box BW 38, Folder: 1 (addition)
Identifier: MSS 7206
Content Description

This addition to MSS 7206 Wendell Phillips papers is a single undated letter from Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), an attorney and abolitionist, concerning a speaking engagement on "Tousssaint L'Ouverture, the hero of Hayti" in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Dates: undated

Thomas Ritchie letter to Joseph R. Williams

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X032762752]
Identifier: MSS 16899
Content Description This collection contains a printed circular letter and a handwritten letter sent by Thomas Ritchie (1778-1854), the editor of the Richmond Enquirer, to Joseph R. Williams, Esquire. The printed circular letter, dated July 29, 1835, was sent by Ritchie and John L. Cook, publishers of the Richmond Enquirer newspaper, and was a printed questionnaire that discussed the “movements of certain Fanatics [abolitionists] in the North.” Founded in 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society...
Dates: July 20, 1835

Virgil Maxwell Ward letters

 Collection — Box BW 41, Folder: VIU-2022-0038-001
Identifier: MSS 16678
Content Description This collection contains four letters from a formerly enslaved person, Virgil M. Ward to his former Philadelphia employer, Edward Morris Davis, referred to as "Dear Friend " in the letters. Ward was born in Virginia in 1827, and it is unknown how he escaped enslavement. He worked in Philadelphia for Davis at $15.00 per month from April 1st, 1855 to April 13th, 1857. He moved to Ypsilanti, then Canada, and finally to Michigan. The letters are from the year 1860. The first letter...
Dates: October 25, 1860 - December 16, 1860.

Wendell Phillips papers - addition 1

 Unprocessed Material — Box BW 38
Identifier: ViU-2021-0148