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.
Oct 29, 2021

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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A receipt of a slave sale from H.S. Rogers to C.I Bliss on July 31, 1863.
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Slave Receipt from H. S. Rogers to C. I. Bliss, July 31, 1863
Date Created
1863-07-31
Description
A receipt of a slave sale from H.S. Rogers to C.I Bliss on July 31, 1863.
Subject
Slavery, Commerce, Labor, African American men
Collection
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
A propaganda card with "This is the Cotton That Tom Pickt" poem used for a boycott on slave goods.
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
"This is a Cotton that Tom Pickt" Poem Propaganda Card, circa 1860
Date Created
1855-1865
Description
A propaganda card with "This is the Cotton That Tom Pickt" poem used for a boycott on slave goods.
Subject
Meetings, Slavery, Labor, Art
Collection
Henry P. Slaughter Collection