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 flyer advertising a lecture and entertainment at City Hall, Cambridge for August 6, 1866 in Boston.
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Colored People of Boston, the Last 40 Years Flyer, 1866
Date Created
1866
Description
A flyer advertising a lecture and entertainment at City Hall, Cambridge for August 6, 1866 in Boston.
Subject
African American scholars, Meetings, Lectures and lecturing
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
A flyer advertising a slave sale by Louis D. De Saussure in Charleston, South Carolina to be held on September 25, 1852.
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Charleston Cotton and Rice Negroes Auction Flyer, 1852
Date Created
1852
Description
A flyer advertising a slave sale by Louis D. De Saussure in Charleston, South Carolina to be held on September 25, 1852.
Subject
Slavery, African American men, African American women, Commerce, Meetings
Collection
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
A flyer announcing an anti-slavery meeting hosted by Stephen S. Foster and Joseph A. Howland, agents of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Anti-Slavery Meeting Flyer, circa 1850
Date Created
1845/1855
Description
A flyer announcing an anti-slavery meeting hosted by Stephen S. Foster and Joseph A. Howland, agents of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Subject
Slavery, Abolitionists, Meetings
Collection
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
An event flyer for the celebration of the abolishment of slavery on August 1, 1838 at Germantown in the British West Indies.
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Fourth Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the British West Indies, 1838
Date Created
1833/1843
Description
An event flyer for the celebration of the abolishment of slavery on August 1, 1838 at Germantown in the British West Indies.
Subject
Slavery, Meetings, Abolitionists
Collection
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
A flyer announcing an Anti-Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall on April 2, 1833 from Secretary Thomas Pringle.
Henry P. Slaughter Collection
Anti-Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall, April 2, 1833
Date Created
1833-04-02
Description
A flyer announcing an Anti-Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall on April 2, 1833 from Secretary Thomas Pringle.
Subject
Slavery, Meetings, Abolitionists
Collection
Henry P. Slaughter Collection