Slavery
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85123314
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
"Great Ordinance of Freedom" letter, 1855 August 9
File — Box WSC002: [1006241709], Folder: W0150.06
Scope and Contents
A form letter from a group of Massachusetts citizens (including Samuel Bowles, John M. Clark, Samuel G. Reed, Gersham B. Weston, Edwin F. Jenks, Ivers Phillips, John A. Goodwin, and P. Emory Aldrich) calling for a convention of the people to discuss the "almost universal opposition of Massachusetts to the repeal of the 'Great Ordinance of Freedom,'" and to the "aggressioins of the Slave Power, in its invasion of Kansas...".
Dates:
1855 August 9
William Barnett Letter, circa 1850
File — Box 4257.015: [1006214240], Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Barnett of Frankfort, Kentucky, tohis unnamed son. The letter is devoted largely to Barnett's suggestions for his son's eye problems, although there is also reference to the sale of eleven slaves.
Dates:
circa 1850