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Certificate of freedom in ten years for woman named Dinah, signed by Maria Duffie

Certificate of freedom in ten years for woman named Dinah, signed by M...

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Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade

Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the su...

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The case of the Royal African Company of England

The case of the Royal African Company of England

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Left by slave traders to their fate

Left by slave traders to their fate

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Slave traders marching their captives to the coast.  Butchering disabled ones along the way

Slave traders marching their captives to the coast. Butchering disabl...

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Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

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A discourse, delivered at the African meeting-house, in Boston, July 14, 1808, in grateful celebration of the abolition of the African slave-trade, by the governments of the United States, Great Britain and Denmark
An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa

An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa

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Poster warning Blacks in Boston - kidnappers.

Poster warning Blacks in Boston - kidnappers.

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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A short sketch of the evidence delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons: for the abolition of the slave trade; to which is added a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
Selling a freedman to pay his fine, at Monticello, Florida
Substance of the speech of the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, in the House of Lords, on Monday, June 27, 1814, in moving for certain papers relative to the revival of the slave trade

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Papers presented to the House of Commons, respecting the slave trade

Papers presented to the House of Commons, respecting the slave trade

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Whereas it is found by experience, that traffique with infidels and barbarous nations not in amity with us

Whereas it is found by experience, that traffique with infidels and ba...

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The slave market, St. Augustine, Fla.

The slave market, St. Augustine, Fla.

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Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African Company for settling the trade to Africa

Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African C...

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A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: on his speech, delivered in the House of Commons, on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1795, on Mr. Wilberforce's motion, for the abolition of the slave trade

A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: on his speech, delivered in t...

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Correspondence from Granville Sharp, Chairman of the Committee of London for Abolition of the Slave Trade, to Hercules Ross of North Britain, September 17, 1791. The letter bears the abolitionist seal, “Am I Not a Man and a Brother.”

Correspondence from Granville Sharp, Chairman of the Committee of Lond...

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Slave hire agreement, January 29, 1825. A promissory note for $184.75, the document also includes a list of clothing and a blanket to be given to the slave.

Slave hire agreement, January 29, 1825. A promissory note for $184.75,...

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Kidnapping. - Public domain dedication image

Kidnapping. - Public domain dedication image

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Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification accordée au commerce pour la traite des nègres

Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification acco...

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Prospectus for an anti-slavery paper. To be entitled North Star.

Prospectus for an anti-slavery paper. To be entitled North Star.

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Ladies whipping girls. - Public domain dedication image

Ladies whipping girls. - Public domain dedication image

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Reward notice for runaway slaves

Reward notice for runaway slaves

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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An oration commemorative of the abolition of the slave trade in the United States, delivered before the Wilberforce Philanthropic Association, in the City of New York on the second of January, 1809
A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

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An oration commemorative of the abolition of the slave trade in the United States, delivered before the Wilberforce Philanthropic Association, in the City of New York on the second of January, 1809
A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on account of the abolition of the African slave trade on that day, by the Congress of the U.S. [Microform]

A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or th...

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A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on account of the abolition of the African slave trade on that day, by the Congress of the U.S. [Microform]

A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or th...

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A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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A view of the present state of the African slave trade: Published by direction of a meeting representing the Religious Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, etc.

A view of the present state of the African slave trade: Published by d...

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The foreign slave trade: the source of political power, of material progress, of social integrity, and of social emancipation to the South

The foreign slave trade: the source of political power, of material pr...

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Gypsies who have been deported to the state of Brazil are found to be engaging in their immoral customs

Gypsies who have been deported to the state of Brazil are found to be ...

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Victoriano Crioulo, sold for the account of Fernando Jose da Rocha Pinto of Pernambuco

Victoriano Crioulo, sold for the account of Fernando Jose da Rocha Pin...

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Martinha Nago, sold by authorization of Joaquin Vierra da Cunha

Martinha Nago, sold by authorization of Joaquin Vierra da Cunha

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Birth Certificate for child named Mary, born to Hannah Nichols, signed by Peter Myer, Harlem, New York

Birth Certificate for child named Mary, born to Hannah Nichols, signed...

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Hugh Peebles, Troy, NY - Public domain document scan

Hugh Peebles, Troy, NY - Public domain document scan

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Moses Roper. Lecture Announcement

Moses Roper. Lecture Announcement

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Letter  from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the boy, Nat

Letter from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the bo...

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Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African Company for settling the trade to Africa

Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African C...

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“Laws of New Netherland, Statutes, Etc”

“Laws of New Netherland, Statutes, Etc”

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“Narratives of New Netherland”

“Narratives of New Netherland”

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"Protection of the Slaves"

"Protection of the Slaves"

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“Legislative Fact and Fancy”

“Legislative Fact and Fancy”

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“The Enslavement of New York Negroes After 1827”

“The Enslavement of New York Negroes After 1827”

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“Manumission Society”

“Manumission Society”

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“The American Convention Of the Abolition Societies”

“The American Convention Of the Abolition Societies”

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“Reaction in New York City to Book and Play Uncle Tom's Cabin, Particularly Abolitionist Movement”

“Reaction in New York City to Book and Play Uncle Tom's Cabin, Particu...

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An Act to amend the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies

An Act to amend the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British co...

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Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification accordée au commerce pour la traite des nègres

Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification acco...

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Letter  from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the boy, Nat

Letter from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the bo...

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Two autographed letters from James Ramsay to Catherine Macaulay

Two autographed letters from James Ramsay to Catherine Macaulay

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To the friends of liberty and religion in the City of Philadelphia: The Address of the representatives of the African church of said city
Cursory observations on the African trade

Cursory observations on the African trade

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The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company

The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company

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“Concerning Capt Nat Gordon”

“Concerning Capt Nat Gordon”

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“Slavery in New York”

“Slavery in New York”

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