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Russell Hubbard Nevins Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4803
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two letters written by Russell Hubbard Nevins, a moderate abolitionist and former president of the New York Stock Exchange, to a friend in Illinois. The letters are dated December 1852 and March 4, 1853. In these letters, Nevins offers personal reflections on the political and social climate of the time, specifically condemning the Illinois "Black Law" of 1853, which severely restricted the rights of free African American people in the state.
Dates:
1852 - 1853
Wade Hall Collection of Materials from White Supremacist Groups
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4276
Abstract
Small collection of materials from white supremacist groups.
Dates:
1929 - 1944