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Slavery -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85123326

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Arms of ye Confederacie, 1862

 Item — Box 4270.001, Folder: 001
Scope and Contents Description from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661644/A small card bearing a vitriolic indictment of the Confederacy. The artist particularly attacks the the institution of slavery, the foundation of Southern economy. A large shield is flanked by two figures: a planter (left) and a slave. The planter wears spurs and a broad-brimmed hat and smokes a cigar. The slave is clad only in breeches, and his hands are manacled. Above the shield are two crossed...
Dates: 1862

Collection pertaining to the death of Martin, enslaved earthworks laborer for the Confederacy in Charleston, South Carolina

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4341
Scope and Contents Eleven documents dated between September 14, 1863, and January 21, 1864, related to the conscripted labor and death of Martin, an enslaved man, and the evaluations and repayment to Thomas W. Chiles, a slaveowner. Martin, 24 years old, was conscripted by the Confederate government to build earthworks at a strategic location on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Provided out of obligation to the Confederate Army, Martin suffered intensive labor and poor, disease-ridden conditions that caused his...
Dates: 1863-09-14 - 1864-01-21

Jones and Callaway Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3031
Overview Family papers containing letters, a farm journal, and writings of members of the Jones and Callaway families in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida
Dates: 1845-1940; Majority of material found in 1860-1900

Practical Illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law, 1851

 Item — Box OS0014, Folder: 4270.01
Scope and Contents Description from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661534/A satire on the antagonism between Northern abolitionists on the one hand, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster and other supporters of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Here abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (left) holds a slave woman in one arm and points a pistol toward a burly slave catcher mounted on the back of Daniel Webster. The slave catcher, wielding a noose and manacles,...
Dates: 1851

Wade Hall Collection on Slavery in the United States

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4250
Overview The Wade Hall Collection on Slavery in the United States contains receipts, correspondence, and other materials that document the presence of enslaved African Americans in the US South.
Dates: 1796-2005