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Bruce A. Hood Paper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0696
Abstract
Paper entitled "Some Rambling Thoughts on the American Negro and Current Related Issues," describing life for African Americans since emancipation
Dates:
1965
Henry Johnson Letter and Resolution
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4374
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a printed letter and resolution by Henry Johnson, Governor of Louisiana, dated February 16, 1826. The letter is addressed to New York Governor DeWitt Clinton and states Louisiana's rejection of Ohio's proposed plan for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people. The document reflects the ongoing debates over slavery in the early nineteenth century and Louisiana's stance on the issue, emphasizing the state's opposition to gradual emancipation efforts. This letter...
Dates:
1826 February 16
Montgomery Blair Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4818
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a lengthy, signed letter written by Montgomery Blair in March 1862, addressed to "The Committee of Invitation &c. &c.," organizers of an influential anti-slavery meeting held at New York City's Cooper Institute on March 6, 1862. Composed six months prior to President Lincoln’s preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Blair’s letter articulates a conservative but firm stance on slavery, race, and constitutional authority during the Civil War. In it, Blair...
Dates:
1862-03-02
Septimus D. Cabaniss papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0252
Abstract
Legal and personal papers of the Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, attorney, S.D. Cabaniss, who served as executor for the estate of Samuel Townsend. Also includes materials of other Huntsville attorneys and of the S.D. Cabaniss family.
Dates:
1820-1937