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Henry P. Slaughter Collection

The Henry P. Slaughter collection consists of materials collected by Henry P. Slaughter which emphasize the early history of African Americans in the United States. The collection is composed mainly of slave papers and correspondence of African American leaders, abolitionists, and political figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The materials include pamphlets, sermons, speeches, reports, correspondence, and legal documents.
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"Arthur A. Schomburg The Man Who Built His Own Monument," circa June 1938 Digital Document 1938-06 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
"Men of Color, to Arms! Now or Never!" Flyer, circa 1863 Digital Document 1863~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
"Resolutions on the Death of Arthur Alonzo Schomburg," July 1938 Digital Document 1938-07 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
"The Passing of Arthir Alonzo Schomburg--Noted Book Collector," June 12, 1938 Digital Document 1938-06-12 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
"This is a Cotton that Tom Pickt" Poem Propaganda Card, circa 1860 Digital Document 1860~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
126th Anniversary Birthday of Benjamin Banneker, 1858 Digital Document 1858 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
A Statement Concerning a Resolution of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1825 Digital Document 1825 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863 Digital Document 1863 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
All Slaves Were Made Freeman by Abraham Lincoln, Original Version of the John Brown Song, 1863 Digital Document 1863 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
An Address to the People of the Free States by the President of the Southern Confederacy, January 5, 1863 Digital Document 1863-01-05 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
An Agreement Between Samuel Sewell MacKlin and Mariah MacKlin, August 10, 1867 Digital Document 1867-08-10 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Anti-Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall, April 2, 1833 Digital Document 1833-04-02 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Anti-Slavery Meeting Flyer, circa 1850 Digital Document 1850~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Arthur A. Schomburg Card, circa 1920 Digital Document 1920~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Arturo Schomburg Card, circa 1928 Digital Document 1928~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Black Republican and Office Holder's Journal, August 1865 Digital Document 1865-08 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Charleston Cotton and Rice Negroes Auction Flyer, 1852 Digital Document 1852 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Colored People of Boston, the Last 40 Years Flyer, 1866 Digital Document 1866 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Correspondence from the Schomburg Family to Henry P. Slaughter, June 25, 1938 Digital Document 1938-06-25 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Fourth Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the British West Indies, 1838 Digital Document 1838~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Fragmentary Tribute to Spanish Negro Painters of the School of Sevilla [sic] by Arthur Schomburg, April 1, 1935 Digital Document 1935-04-01 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Invitation to a Memorial for Arthur Schomburg, June 1939 Digital Document 1939-06 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Legal Document Concerning Purchase of a Building, August 5, 1845 Digital Document 1845-08-05 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Letter Concerning Toussaint L'Ouverture and Julien Raimond, June 11, 1799 Digital Document 1799-06-11 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Letter from Frederick Douglass to "Sir", February 17, 1864 Digital Document 1864-02-17 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Letter from Frederick Douglass to [Clarance], March 21, 1856 Digital Document 1856-03-21 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Letter to the St. Louis Circuit Court from James Johnston, October 15, 1853 Digital Document 1853-10-15 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Negroes Auction Flyer, 1859 Digital Document 1859 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Newspaper Clipping of Death Notice for Arthur Schomburg, February 4, 1939 Digital Document 1939-02-04 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Portrait of Unidentified Man, circa 1940 Digital Document 1940~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Postcard to Henry P. Slaughter from Arthur Schomburg, January 1938 Digital Document 1938-01 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Postcard to Henry P. Slaughter from Arthur Schomburg, July 20, 1933 Digital Document 1933-07-20 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Public Sale of Negros, by Richard Clagett Announcement Flyer, 1833 Digital Document 1833 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Read and Ponder The Fugitive Slave Law Flyer, 1850 Digital Document 1850 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Runaway Slave Reward Flyer, 1853 Digital Document 1853 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Second Monthly Forum, March 1938 Digital Document 1938-03 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Slave Receipt from from H. S. Rogers to C. I. Bliss, July 31, 1863 Digital Document 1863-07-31 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Slave Sale Advertisement Flyer, 1835 Digital Document 1835 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Telegram from Fernando Schomburg to Henry P. Slaughter, June 10, 1938 Digital Document 1938-06-10 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Telegram from James F. Adair to Henry P. Slaughter, June 11, 1938 Digital Document 1938-06-11 Henry P. Slaughter Collection
The Fifth Annual Examination, Institute for Colored Youth, 1857 Digital Document 1867~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Untitled Essay on Les Cenelles By Arthur Schomburg, circa 1928 Digital Document 1928~ Henry P. Slaughter Collection