RMM04681 Guide to the Gail and Stephen Rudin slavery collection, 1728-1973. Rudin (Gail and Stephen) Slavery Collection, Compiled by Petrina Jackson Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library March 2004

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Finding aid encoded by Peter Martinez. File last modified:Margaret Nichols, August 2018 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Gail And Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection, 1728-1973. Collection Number: 4681 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu Petrina Jackson March 2004 Peter Martinez, March 2004 Fredrika Loew, October 2018 © 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Gail and Stephen Rudin slavery collection, 1728-1973. 4681 Stephen, Rudin 5.2 Cubic Feet. Newspaper engravings, estate appraisals, wills, legal documents, manumissions, correspondence, sheet music, slave taxation records, stereoviews, newspapers Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library The Gail and Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection consists of newspaper engravings, estate appraisals, wills, legal documents, manumissions, reward for capture of runaway slave advertisements, slave dealer and slave trade manuscripts, correspondence, sheet music, slave taxation records, stereoviews and other records documenting the sale, hire, purchase and debt payment of slaves in 18th and 19th century America. Collection material in English COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Gail and Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection consists of newspaper engravings, estate appraisals, wills, legal documents, manumissions, reward for capture of runaway slave advertisements, slave dealer and slave trade manuscripts, correspondence, sheet music, slave taxation records, stereoviews and other records documenting the sale, hire, purchase and debt payment of slaves in 18th and 19th century America.

 SUBJECTS Names: Rudin, Stephen, Clark, Lewis George. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. Rudin,Gail, Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Uncle Tom's cabin. Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796. American Colonization Society. Freedman's Bureau. United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Titles: Harper's Weekly. Subjects: Paper money--Confederate States of America. Abolitionists--United States. Slavery--United States. Slavery--United States--History. African-Americans--History--To 1863. Slave bills of sale. Slaveholders. Slave narratives. Slave traders. Fugitive slaves. Slave trade. Impressment. Slavery--Taxation. Places: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American. Southern States. Form and Genre Terms: Bills of sale. Appraisals. Stereoscopic photographs. Sheet music. Legal documents. Engravings. Wills. Free papers. Insurance policies. Newspapers. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Gail and Stephen Rudin slavery collection, #4681. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 SERIES LIST

Series I: Currency

Series II: Engravings, Prints and Lithographs

Series III: Estates, Appraisals, Wills

Series IV: Freedman's Documents

Series V: General Orders

Series VI: Letters

Series VII: Manumissions

Series VIII: Maps

Series IX: Miscellaneous

Series X: Music

Series XI: Newspapers

Series XII: Officers' Pay Vouchers

Series XIII: Pamphlets and Printed Documents

Series XIV: Patriotic Covers

Series XV: Runaway Slave Documents

Series XVI: Sale, Hire, Purchase, Collateral Documents and Slave Codes

Series XVII: Slave Dealers, Slave Trading

Series XVIII: Slave Taxation

Series XIX: Stereoviews and Photographs

Series XX: Objects

CONTAINER LIST Series I: Currency 1 1 18-- $2.00 proof - Vignette of Oxen Pulling Wagon Location: Freehold, New Jersey

Rudin # S - 941

 1 2 1861 $1.00 Note - Slaves gathering turpentine, slaves carrying cotton Location: Savannah, Georgia

Rudin # S - 879

 1 2a 1861 $10 Note - Vignette of Negro Picking Cotton Location: Richmond, Virginia

Rudin # S - 939

 1 3 March, 1861 50 Cent note - Picture of Fort Sumter Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 725

1 4 March, 1861 $50.00 Note - Slave gathering corn Location: Howardsville, Virginia

Rudin # S - 880

1 5 April 4, 1861 $5.00 Note - Slave with Oxen Hauling Cotton Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 508

1 6 April 13, 1861 25 Cent Note - Fort Sumter on Fire Location: South Carolina

Rudin # S - 659

 1 7 May 29, 1861 $1.00 Note - Slaves Unloading Cotton at Dock From Wagon Location: South Carolina

Rudin # S - 509

1 8 September 2, 1861 $10 Note- Slave Picking Cotton Location: Richmond, Virginia

Rudin # S - 720

 1 9 September 2, 1861 $100 Note - Slaves loading cotton wagon Location: Richmond, Virginia

Rudin # S - 824

 1 10 January 1, 1862 $50 Note - Slaves picking and carrying cotton Location: Tallahassee, Florida

Rudin # S - 825

 1 11 January 4, 1862 $3.00 Note - Maid and Cotton Location: Tennessee

Rudin # S - 622

 1 12 January 24, 1862 $20 Note - Slave driving cotton wagon Location: Jackson, Mississippi

Rudin # S - 827

 1 13 February 7, 1862 $50 Note - Horse pulling cotton, slave picking cotton Location: Jackson, Mississippi

Rudin # S - 826

 1 14 February 7, 1862 $10 Treasury Note - Slave with Two Horses Location: Jackson, Mississippi

Rudin # S - 923

 1 15 April 15, 1862 $2.00 Note - Cotton bales Location: Parish of Concordia, Louisiana

Rudin # S - 940

 1 16 May 1, 1862 $3.00 Note - Cotton Pledged Location: Mississippi

Rudin # S - 440

1 17 May 1, 1862 $1.00 Note - Overseer and slaves, slaves carrying cotton, slave and a cotton gin Location: Macon, Georgia

Rudin # S - 897

 1 18 ca. 1863 Seven Confederate Bank Notes Location: Various

Rudin # S - 783

 1 19 January 1, 1863 5 Cent Note - Cotton Bolls Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 506

1 20 January 1, 1863 25 Cent Note - Wagon with Cotton Vignette Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 538

1 21 April 6, 1863 Scorched $20 Note - Salvaged from the Burning of Atlanta Location: Richmond

Rudin # S - 869

 1 22 May 1, 1864 25 Cent Note - Cotton Bolls Location: Mississippi

Rudin # S - 550

1 23 March 21, 1865 $10 Note - Slave carrying cotton Location: Arkansas

Rudin # S - 721

 1 24 May 1, 1875 $1 Note - Cotton wagon drawn by two horses Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Rudin # S - 924

 1 25 11 different bank notes 1860-1864 Location: Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

Rudin # S - 77a, b, c, d; 88a, b, c; 99a, b, c, d (11 items)

Series II: Engravings, Prints and Lithographs 6 "Baumwolle"--depiction of slaves in a cotton field Location: Leipzig, Germany Format: Chromolithograph

Rudin # S - 779

 5 Print of Slave Sale, Charleston South Carolina. Illustrated London News Location: London Format: Print

Rudin # S - 681

 3 Graphite Elastic Paint advertising poster, depicting African American stereotypes Format: Poster

Rudin # S - 974

 16 1 Reconstruction period print satirizes African American Format: Print

Rudin # S - 684

1 26 ca. 1650 Copperplate Engraving of the Early African Slave Trade Location: Africa Format: Engraving

Rudin # S - 357

21 7 1808 Slave Ship Engraving - Engraving of a Ship Showing how many Slaves are Loaded as "Cargo" Location: W.J. Morgan and Co. Format: Engraving

Rudin # S - 423

1 27 1830 Slave Trade Engraving Format: Engraving

Rudin # S - 226

21 1 1840 Print showing fashionable white audience listening to a group of black singers Location: London Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 944

 1 28 ca. 1850 Print Burning the Brand into a Slave Format: Engraving

Rudin # S - 267

1 29 1850s "The Last Daughter," a small slave auction Format: Engraving

Rudin # S - 882

1 30 1850s "The Successful Man Hunt," three captured runaway slaves Format: Engraving

Rudin # S - 883

25 2 Harpers Weekly Engraving, "The Africans of the Slave Bark Wildfire" 1861

Rudin # S - 127

25 2 Illustrated London News Woodcut, "A Slave Auction in Virginia" 1861

Rudin # S - 135

 25 3 Harpers Weekly Engraving, "American Home Scenes" 1861

Rudin # S - 128

 25 3 Harpers Weekly Engraving, "A Slave Auction at the South" 1861

Rudin # S - 134

25 3 Harpers Weekly Engraving, "Work's Over" 1861

Rudin # S - 131

25 4 Harpers Weekly Engraving, "Negroes Driven South by Rebel Officers;" 1862

Rudin # S - 130

1 31 1862 "Slavery And Its Consequences" - Two Engravings on One Sheet Format: Engravings

Rudin # S - 301

25 4 Harpers Weekly Engraving, "The Emancipation of Negroes" 1863

Rudin # S - 124

25 4 Harpers Weekly Engraving, "The Effects of the Proclamation"

Rudin # S - 132

25 5 Harpers Weekly, "A Negro Regiment in Action, Liberating Slaves in N. Carolina" 1863

Rudin # S - 126

25 5 1864 Harpers Weekly, "Scenes on a Cotton Plantation"

Rudin # S - 133

25 5 Harpers Weekly, "Southern Justice" 1867

Rudin # S - 123

25 5 Harpers Weekly, "He Wants a Change Too" 1876

Rudin # S - 125

2 ca. 1880 Lithograph for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Location: Cleveland, Ohio Format: Lithograph

Rudin # S - 424

21 2 1880s-1890s six hand-colored equestrian prints Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 784

 21 3 1880s-1890s Fourteen prints from the Darktown Fire Brigade or Hook and Ladder Series Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 943

 21 1 1882 Two prints, Billiards from the Darktown Series Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 633

 21 8 1884 "The Darktown Slide. Golly! Am dere an Erfquake?" Format: Hand-colored Print

Rudin # S - 1045

21 2 1884 "The Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps. in Action" Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 754

 21 2 1885 "A Literary Debate in the Darktown Club" Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 755

21 3 1885 Two Color lithographs from the Darktown Series: The Darktown Fire Brigade - A Prize Squirt Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 542

21 3 1885 Two Color Lithographs from the Darktown Series: Lawn Tennis at Darktown - A Scientific Stroke Lawn Tennis at Darktown - A Scientific Player Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 553

21 8 1886 "The Last Hit of the Game. A Home Run" Format: Hand-colored Print

Rudin # S - 1046

21 4 1887 Two Color Lithographs from the Darktown Series: The Darktown Fire Brigade - Under Full Steam Darktown Sports - A Grand Spurt Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 552

21 4 1887 Two Color Lithographs from the Darktown Series: Trial by Jury - The Verdict A Darktown Trial - The Judge's Charge Location: New York Format: Color Lithograph

Rudin # S - 554

6 1897 From American Bondage to the Halls of Congress. Lincoln surrounded by 18 vignettes depicting life after slavery. Format: Chromolithograph

Rudin # S - 674

 16 2 ca. 1899 Chromolithograph image of 2 children, with note and certificate for Mary Pearl Chance Format: Lithograph

Rudin # S - 801

21 4 ca. 1940 Full color poster, "Picking Cotton by Hand in the USA" Format: Poster

Rudin # S - 799

 Series III: Estates, Appraisals and Wills 34 Thomas Falconer cotton plantation account book, with journal of slave financial accounts and family records Location: Silver Lake Plantation, Wayne County, Mississippi

Rudin # S - 935

1 32 Last Will and Testament Emancipating Slaves after Owner's Death Location: Calvert County, MD Format: MDoc

Rudin # S - 382

40 1 List of personal assets of Harvey Wheats estate, including slave mother and child Format: MDoc

Rudin # S - 648

 16 3 January 20, 1721 Last Will and Testament of Lionell Brittin, including the manumission of his two slaves Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 926

16 3a Circa February 22, 1762 Luther and Eliphalet Leonard estate inventory, includes a Slave appraised along with cow hides, cattle and pigs all to be given to heirs Location: Massachusetts Format: DocS

Rudin # S - 600

41 1 August 15, 1805 Inventory of a Slave-Holding Plantation Location: Saint Mary's County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 600

41 1 August 15, 1805 Inventory of a Slave-Holding Plantation Location: Saint Mary's County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 441

21 5 1807 Georgia Plantation Account Sheet Location: Chatham County, Georgia Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 426

40 2 November 2, 1813 Estate Appraisal Listing Two Female Slaves Location: Garrard County Court, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 312

1 33 1815 Estate list of Wm. Byars Location: Virginia Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 145

 16 4 October 15, 1815 Inventory of the goods, chattel and personal estate of Colonel John Simpson, including slaves Location: Laurens County, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 928

1 34 1821 Kentucky Estate Sale Location: Kentucky Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 108

 40 3 ca. 1830 Division of Slaves in the Estate of Bennett Ferrell Location: Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 236

 1 35 December 4, 1831 Abel Brewster, last will and testament bequeaths portion of the estate to the American Colonization Society Location: Hartford, Connecticut Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 601

 40 4 December 1, 1832 Martin Green's Will, ordering that his slaves be liberated Location: Madison, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 901

 1 36 December 22, 1833 Last Will and Testament of William Rowland leaving slaves to family members Location: Virginia Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 3

 35 1935-1973 Sugar plantation record book, containing a list of work and people needed to keep facilities running. William Walsh Location: Parc Perdu Plantation, St Martin Parish, Louisiana Format: Book

Rudin # S - 973

16 22 1839 Will of Justus Hartman of, freeing his slaves Location: South Carolina

Rudin # S - 17

40 5 September 2, 1839 Will that frees slaves after the crops are harvested Location: Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 167

 40 6 January 11, 1841 Account of the Hiring of Slaves of the Estate of Wiley Jones Location: Court of Wilcox County, Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 460

40 7 March 24, 1841 Stephen Goggin, last will and testament emancipating slaves and leaving them the estate Location: Madison County, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S -840

16 5 June 17, 1843 Sale Ledger for Lindsay Estate Location: Bourbon County, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 173

16 6 1843-1846 Accounting of Estate Expenses - deals with shipping cotton to Glasgow Location: Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 281

1 37 1844-1846 Magnolia Forest Slave Plantation Account Book Location: Louisiana Format: MDocS

Rudin # S -176

40 8 October 14, 1846 Free Man of Color Writes his Last Will and Testament Location: Madison County, KY Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 215

16 7 January 12-13, 1847 Sale Bill of the Estate of Silas Hill Including 45 Slaves as well as Tools, Animals and Land Location: Newberry District, SC Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 358

16 8 August 23, 1847 Will allows slaves to choose their next master, signed John Arnold Location: Bourbon County, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 881

1 38 January 1, 1848 Division of slaves belonging to Hamilton R. Heath Location: Lee County, Georgia (?) Format: MMDocS

Rudin # S - 614

 1 39 April 21, 1849 Will Emancipating Slaves only if they go to Liberia Location: Tennessee Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 118

 1 40 August 29, 1849 Document settling an estate listing human property alongside cattle, wagons, mares, etc. Location: Union District, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 422

40 9 October 30, 1849; April 1830; January 1835 Sale of land and slaves ad receipt, Will listing slaves by name in an inheritance (James Bane) Location: Georgia, Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 948

 1 41 January 4, 1851 Estate Sale Notice Location: Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 146

 16 9 February 4, 1853 Inventory and appraisal of an estate listing slaves and household items with values Location: Wilcox County, Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 743

16 10 January 21, 1854 Estate Appraisal including 28 slaves Location: Florida

Rudin # S - 15

40 10 December 27, 1854 and January 29, 1855 Sales Log of the Estate of Edward Wetherford, including list of buyers of slaves Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 456

16 11 January 1, 1856 List of Estate Auction Results Location: Georgia

Rudin # S - 37

16 12 January 21, 1856; June 1, 1857 Will of Martin Kolb bequeathing named slaves to his children and grandchildren Location: Campbell County, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 861

16 13 July 29, 1856 Property Levy including 154 slaves by name Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 27

16 14 December 10, 1857 Document listing the division of 59 slaves Location: Tennessee

Rudin # S - 101

16 15 August-December, 1859 Estate appraisal including 100 year-old slave, plus letter to judge and letter from executor Location: Mississippi Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 617

16 16 December 13-14, 1859 Accounting of Large Estate of Thomas Riviere, Including the Hiring Out of 31 Named Slaves Location: Upson County, Georgia Format: MDoc

Rudin # S - 368

40 11 February 6, 1860 Last Will and Testament Leaves Slaves to Daughter Location: Hinds County, Missouri Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 360

16 17 September 5, 1860 List of estate of Henry Sanders, including 26 slaves with names Location: Greensburg, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 864

16 18 November 6-December 17, 1861 Newspaper Clipping; Will of Hannah Robinson Including Instructions Regarding her Slaves Location: Union District, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 359

16 19 July 7, 1862 Last Will and Testament of John Stalnaker making special arrangements for the payment and freedom of two slaves Location: Randolph County, Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 499

16 20 September 5, 1862 Estate Inventory Written on Verso of Confederate Cotton Loan Location: Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 329

1 42 September 9, 1862; 1864 Last will and testament of Joseph Cooper, with 1864 Probate decision, dividing slaves among his children and allowing some slaves to choose Location: Hinds County, Mississippi Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 930

1 43 November 6 and 11, 1862 Appraisal of 38 slaves for use in defense of Richmond Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 638

 1 44 April 28, 1863 Receipt Listing Eight Slaves who were Owned by the Estate of John Branch, former Governor of both Florida and North Carolina Location: Enfield, NC Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 570

16 21 October 19, 1863 Hand written estate inventory of John Kinder, with 51 slaves listed Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 894

Series IV: Freedmen's Documents 2 1 Freedman Circular Asking Freedmen to Observe August 6, 1863 as a Day of Public Thanksgiving. Two copies Location: Beaufort, South Carolina Format: Ptd Circular

Rudin # S - 531, S - 575

2 2 June 5, 1750 Minister Informs Authorities of a Freeman Location: Cambridge, New Hampshire Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 443

2 3 July 4, 1838; May 23, 1840; April 17, 1854 "Free Person of Color" Passports Location: Rockingham County, Harrisonberg Virginia, Courtland Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 447

2 4 December 13, 1849 Freed Slaves are Relocated in Africa- American Colonization Society request Location: Indianapolis Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 207

2 5 June 5, 1851 Declaration of Freedman Status Location: King George County, Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 286

2 5a August 6, 1855 Thomas Allen Tidball freeman's court document of William Sibert, a man of color, attesting to the fact that he was born free. Location: Frederick County, Virginia Format: DocS

Rudin # S - 831

2 6 1864 "United States Primer" - textbook written expressly for Freedmen and Freedwomen Location: American Tract Society, New York Format: Book

Rudin # S - 637

2 7 January 1, 1864 "A Happy New Years Greeting" - Freedmen circular Location: Beaufort, South Carolina Format: Ptd Doc, signed in type

Rudin # S - 741

2 8 June 13, 15, 1864 Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner on the bill to establish a bureau of Freedmen Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 865

2 9 September 9, 1864 Letter to Asst. Provost Marshal of Freedmen, "West of Natchez," from Col. Thomas Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 61

2 10 October 14, 1864 Letter signed by John Eaton, Jr. as Colonel and General Superintendent of Freedmen Location: Tennessee Format: TLS

Rudin # S - 62

2 11 November 28, 1864 Letter about tending to the freedmen by the hundreds Format: ALS Writer: Philip W. Waggoner Writer's location: Columbus, Kentucky Addressee:Captain Walker

Rudin # S - 652

2 11A 1865 Payroll of black "freed laborers" for a month's work on President's Island Format: MDS

Rudin # S - 1037

2 12 January 10, 1865 Rent of School House by Freeman's Bureau Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 21

2 13 February, 1865 Freedman's Document Signed by John Eaton, regarding distributing Army stockings Location: Tennessee Format:

Rudin # S - 60

2 14 April 22, 1865 Rent of School House by Freeman's Bureau Location: Memphis, Tennessee Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 530

2 15 May 12, 1865 General Order #91, Organizing Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 95

2 16 July 3, 1865 Special Orders No. 14 pertaining to property requests for the bureau of refugees and freedmen Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 846

2 17 ca. 1865 Freedman Amendment - President Johnson's objections Location: Washington, DC

Rudin # S - 69

2 18 July 9, 1866 Rations for Freedmen in the Former Confederate States Location: Washington City Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 571

2 19 November 28, 1866 Letter on Women's Freedmen's Relief Association Stationary Regarding What Can Be Done to Aid the Freedmen Location: Philadelphia, PA Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 535

2 20 March 3, 1867 Agent Advises Recipient of Efforts of Freedman's Bureau to Send Boys and Girls North to Good Families Location: Washington, DC Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 471

2 21 February, 1868 Two Thousand Freedmen Pleading for Emigration to Africa - American Colonization Society Appeal Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 320

2 22 January 24, 1870 Freedman contract Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 36

Series V: General Orders 2 23 General Order No. 44 - Vessel cannot take away any person of color without a pass June 21, 1862 Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 63

2 24 General Order No. 1 - Emancipation Proclamation January 2, 1863 Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 114

16 23 May 22, 1863 General Orders #143 Marks the Beginning of Colored Troop Recruitment by the U.S. Army Location: Washington Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 564

2 25 July 15, 1863 General Orders No. 127 - Civil war draft riots, along with a check Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 666

2 26 October 24, 1863 General Orders No. 138 re: Impressment of Slaves Location: Richmond, VA Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 203

2 27 November 18, 1863 General Orders No. 16 - authorizing payment of a bounty to new volunteers Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 769

2 27 November 23, 1863 General Orders No. 17 - recruiting volunteers Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 769

2 28 January 1, 1864 General Orders No. 30 - Rations for Adults Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S -

2 29 February 15, 1864 General Orders No. 23 - Court martial of a white officer of African American infantry for misdeeds while intoxicated Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S -

2 30 September 9, 1864 General Orders No. 44 and No. 125 - Food guidelines for troops Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 612

2 31 October 27, 1864 General Orders No. 66 - List of officers in "colored troops" Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 664

2 32 May 24, 1865 General Orders No. 22 - New Regulations for the Conquered Citizens of Florida Location: Jacksonville, Florida Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 587

2 33 June 13, 1865 General Orders No. 26 - Freed slaves without jobs are ordered to work camp Location: Jacksonville, Florida Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 708

2 34 July 25, 1865 General Order No. 129 - Equal Treatment of Blacks Location: Washington Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 216

2 35 February 6, 1868 General Orders No. 9 - Food for the Freed Slaves Location: Washington Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 573

2 36 July 6, 1868 General Orders No. 37 - President Johnson grants amnesty and the restoration of rights except for the ability to own slaves Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 658

2 37 July 24, 1868 General Orders No. 50 - An Act to Continue the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees for Another Year Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 567

Series VI: Letters 2 38 April 13, 1791 Anxiety of purchasing slaves Writer: Anthony Wayne Writer's location: South Carolina Addressee: Sharp Delany, Esq. Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 182

2 39 May 14, 1791 Notice to African American man to get out of town Writer: Select men of Swanzey Writer's location: Swanzey, Massachussetts Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 621

2 40 June 13, 1795 A Quaker bemoans his decision not to manumit his slave Writer: William Gifford Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 715

16 24 February 20, 1804 Shipping Slaves to Natchez in 1804 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 345

2 41 Docketed 1826 Letter on behalf of the American Colonization Society Writer: F. Scott Key Addressee: Lieutenant William Wister McKean Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 325

2 42 May 28, 1830 Letter regarding lack of freeman's papers for slave and her children Writer: A. Campbell Writer's location: Walterborough, South Carolina Addressee: John W. Mitchell, Esq. Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 369

2 43 December 7, 1832 Legitimacy of slave marriage Writer: William Wirt Addressee: William Rawle Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 847

2 44 July 20, 1834 Account of the 1834 New York anti-abolitionist riots Writer: Jane MacNeven Writer's location: New York City Addressee: Rosa P. MacNeven Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 602

2 45 Colonizing Africans in Africa September 3, 1836 Writer: Henry Clay Writer's location: Kentucky Addressee: Samuel Gwatheny Robertson Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 186

2 46 September 5, 1839 Letter Discusses Favorable Opportunities to Invest in Land and Slaves Writer: Jno. PR Stone Writer's location: Plantation, Iberville Addressee: Captain John Overstreet Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 219

2 47 June 19, 1840 Slave owner expresses great affection for his slaves. He is reluctant to sell them to pay his debts Writer: John F. Mosely Writer's location: Noxubee City, Mississippi Addressee: DM Rupell, Esq. Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 292

2 48 August 20, 1841 Louisiana Slave Revolt Writer: H. Hinchy Writer's location: St. Francisville, Louisiana Addressee: BP Hinchy Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 545

2 49 January 28, 1842 Shipping Slaves to Liberia Writer: W McLain Writer's location: Washington City Addressee: General Thomas Ward Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 315

2 50 May 11, 1843 NY Colonization Society Letter Regarding Returning Emancipated Slaves to Africa Writer: AS Dodge Writer's location: New York Addressee: HS Noyes Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 363

2 51 September 18, 1843 Alabamian defends the intelligence of slaves Writer: D. MacAuley Writer's location: Florence, Alabama Addressee: Rev. Robert C. Waterston Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 997

2 52 July 10, 1845 Letter from Former Slaveholder, explaining "I could never consent again to own slaves" Writer: James Jarman Writer's location: Cincinnati, Ohio Addressee: Captain John F. Hawkins Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 6

2 53 July 24, 1845 Abolitionist discusses the issues of the time, much anti-slavery content Writer: Charles Francis Adams Writer's location: Quincy, Massachussetts Addressee: Charles Whipple Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 714

2 54 October 3, 1845 Discussion of commerce, opportunities for future independence, and the capture of an illegal American slave ship Writer: Joseph Jenkins Roberts Writer's location: Monrovia, Liberia Addressee: Benjamin Coates Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 991

3 1 October 27, 1845 Offer to Pay Creditors with Slaves Writer: Thomas Land Writer's location: Tchula, Mississippi Addressee: William R. Campbell, Esq. Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 291

3 2 October 25, 1847 Letter soliciting funds to set free two slaves unjustly returned to slavery Writer:On behalf of Gamaliel Bailey Writer's location: Washington, DC Addressee: Salmon P. Chase Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 1018

16 25 February 5, 1848 Letter from Slave Anney to her former master () Writer's Location: Georgia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 100

16 26 June 23, 1849 Letter from Rich Perkins, Jr. to Capt. Charles Anthony (letter carried by slave) Location: Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 105

3 3 June 30, 1849 Underground Railroad and Southern Rights Writer: Several authors Writer's location: Hayneville, Loundes County, Alabama Addressee: Hon. Charles Brown Format: MLS

Rudin # S - 284

3 4 June 28, 1850 Document giving permission for slave to marry Writer: Charles A. Price Addressee: Captain Price Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 12

3 5 October 30, 1852 Owner of 12 slaves needs money to buy the husband of her soon to be emancipated slave Writer: JB Penny Writer's location: New York Addressee: Aristarchus Champion Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 636

16 27 February 6, 1856 Slave Document, re: "Slave can't bear children and a not good investment" Location: Arkansas Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 29

3 6 October, 1856 Man beats the Wrong Slave by Mistake Writer: Thomas Della Torre Writer's location: Rosemill, Kentucky? Addressee: John C. Della Torre Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 598

3 7 January 28, 1857 Letter with sketch of enslaved Native American Writer: Ned Writer's location: Plaisance, Louisiana Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 592

3 8 March 28, 1858 Examination of Slavery in Louisiana Writer: Egbert Phelps Writer's location: Alexandria, Louisiana Addressee: Wightman Chapman Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 351

3 9 April 20, 1858 Elderly Woman Grieves Because her Slave Families Are to be Broken Up Writer's location: Baldwin County, Georgia Addressee: EP Peek Format: AL

Rudin # S - 341

3 10 November 25, 1858 Letter Describing Slaves Loading Cotton at the Alabama River Writer: LH Potter Writer's location: Mobile, Alabama Addressee: Adaline Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 269

3 11 November 28, 1858 House Servant Gets Married Writer: Francis Writer's location: Cheraw, South Carolina Addressee: Lizzie Warsen (?) Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 342

3 12 July 18, 1859 Slave auctioneer and his family hope to meet his former slave Writer: Hutson Lee Writer's location: Charleston, South Carolina Addressee: Bolling Hall Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 839

40 12 November 17, 1859 and April 1, 1860 Two letters reflecting on slavery's hold on the south Writer: Robert Crist Writer's location: Natchez, Mississippi Addressee: Father Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 994

3 13 Slave letter to mother November 19, 1859 Writer: Comfort Jany Writer's location: Georgia Addressee: Mother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 73

40 13 May 11, ca. 1860 Letter Pertaining to the slave conjoined twins, Millie and Christine Writer: CV Moore Writer's location: Marrietta, Georgia Addressee: Louisa Shelton Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 372

40 14 August 12, 1860 Hanging Abolitionists and slaves in Texas Writer: Gramville Cornutt, James Cornutt Writer's location: Palopinto County, Texas Addressee: Father Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 233

3 14 September 23, 1860 Content on African American man gets revenge over a rebel who intimidated and beat him Writer: Lewis Sims Addressee:Courtney (wife) Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 625

3 15 May 21, 1861 Secessionists Ordered Out of Washington Writer: Order of the guard Writer's location: Washington, D.C. Addressee: Dr. J Warring Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 212

3 16 June 2, 1861 Soldier Writes Requesting Spyglass, Compass, Wine, etc. and has Taken to Slave Catching Writer: JF Pierson Writer's location: Camp Dix, Ft. Monroe Addressee: Father Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 488

3 17 August 29, 1861 Cavalryman Instructs Wife on How to Care for Their Slaves Writer: Sgt. Leonard Williams Writer's location: Bacon Race Church, Virginia Addressee: Wife Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 361

3 18 August 31, 1861 Letter Describes Rickett's Trip to Annapolis, the Wounded Soldiers and an Arrest of an African American for Attempting to Poison Soldiers with Rum Writer:Wm. Ricketts Writer's location: Annapolis, Maryland Addressee: Father and mother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 551

3 19 November 25, 1861 Talking with the slaves, envelope is a patriotic cover Writer: Lester C. Wilcox Writer's location: White Sulphur Springs, Colorado Addressee: Mary Wilcox Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 609

3 20 November 3, 1861-December 22, 1862 Four letters, describing playing a trick on a slave, experiences in the military, and the home front Writer: C Personius, Ellie Personius Writer's location: New York Addressee: Family Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 707

3 21 December 20, 1861 Garrison condemns slavery, writes of his career in the abolitionist movement, and the effect of the Civil War on slavery. With Carte-de-visite Writer: William Lloyd Garrison Writer's location: Boston, Massachussetts Addressee: Maria Mariott Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 774

3 22 January 2, 1862 Soldier describes Christmas sport of African Americans running in sack race Writer: Corp. John B. Green Writer's location: Ship Island, Mississippi Addressee: Brother and sister Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 238

3 23 February 26, 1862 Content Includes Whipping and White Women Kissing Slave Children Writer: Newman Whipple Storer Writer's location: Camp Suffolk, Virginia Addressee: Everett Storer Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 384

3 24 March 20, 1862 Confederate Officer gives his wife instructions if the enemy were to come, including sending the slaves south to be hired out Writer: Captain George Bouton Writer's location: Yorktown, Virginia Addressee: Lucetta Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 498

3 25 April 8, 1862 Letter hoping for end of slavery Writer's location: New Haven, Connecticut Addressee: Mary Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 599

3 26 April 20, 1862 Letter Discusses a "White Negro" and Contraband Writer: Frederick Ranger Writer's location: Bivouac Falmouth, Virginia Addressee: Wife Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 275

3 27 April 28, 1862 Pricing of cotton and hiring field hands at low wages Writer: Gibbs and Co. Writer's location: Charleston, South Carolina Addressee: Messrs. Kerby and Wilson Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 723

3 28 July 11, 1862 Letter regarding dancing African Americans Writer: John Beach Writer's location: Moscow, Tennessee Addressee: Mother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 877

3 29 July 28, 1862 Writes of a Black Church Service and a Description of the Preacher Writer: Frederick Ranger Writer's location: Falmouth, Virginia Addressee: Wife Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 595

3 30 September 10, 1862 Letter describing slaves crossing lines at night and getting a 'piece of cold lead' Writer: David W. Poak Writer's location: Jackson, Tennessee Addressee: SJ Poak Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 393

3 31 September 19, 1862 African Americans driving mules and horses in Philadelphia Writer: William T. Lewis Writer's location: Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Addressee: Parents Format: ALS

Rudin # S- 662

 3 32 September 23, 1862 Soldier describes hanging runaway slave on tree Writer: David Brett Writer's location: Arlington Heights, Virginia Addressee: Wife Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 661

3 33 November 24, 1862 Man Tells Father to Save the Slaves Writer: WA Goodman Writer's location: Huntsville, Alabama Addressee: Father Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 308

3 34 December, 1862 Letter regarding slaves happy to have their city saved Writer: Charles Wallis Writer's location: Newbern, North Carolina Addressee: Allen (brother) Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 450

3 35 December 26, 1862 Union soldier observes his first freedmen Christmas Writer: Samuel Bliss Writer's location: Port Royal Beauford Addressee: Wife Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 683

3 36 January 1, 1863 Soldier writes, "Whites and Blacks Cannot Live together as equals..." Writer: William H. Mozier Writer's location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Addressee: Cousin Elvira Harrison Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 656

3 37 February 17, 1863 Soldier shares his thoughts on slaves and Lincoln Writer: Sylvester O'Dare Writer's location: Falmouth, Virginia Addressee: Parents Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 487

3 38 February 25, 1863 Confederate soldier fears the federals have caught his slave Writer: Robert M. Rucker Writer's location: Tullahoma Addressee: Mother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 756

3 39 March 4, 1863 Content on African American troops Writer: Paul S. Mauk Writer's location: Beaufort, South Carolina Addressee: Friend Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 178

3 40 April 25, 1863 Sickness in camp, Africans in camp dancing and cooking Writer: Charles Morfoot Writer's location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Addressee: Wife and children Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 722

3 41 June 7, 1863 Lieutenant writes that he is strongly in favor of "making the Negroes soldiers" Writer: CEW Writer's location: Folly Island, South Carolina Addressee: Brother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 770

3 42 July 17, 1863 Describes the 3 days of riots following the new draft laws forcing men to join the army Writer: Maria Writer's location: New York Addressee: J.J. Mitchell Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 848

3 43 July 26, 1863 News of the draft riots in New York Writer: Emeline Writer's location: New York Addressee: Oscar F. Sammis Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 724

3 44 August 25, 1863 Preparing for Yankee Raids in Georgia and Sending a African Boy Writer: Thomas Warthen Writer's location: Camp Gordons Brigade Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 539

3 45 September 3, 1863 Impoverished slaves hope to return to their master - Master hopes Union soldiers will allow her to rebuild. Writer: Sarah D. Partee Writer's location: Vicksburg Addressee: James B. McPherson Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 201

3 46 September 10, 1863 Discusses guerrillas, man bought and sold three times, hundreds made to work on fortifications, and humorous hospital incident Writer: Charles D. Garlick Writer's location: Portsmouth, Virginia Addressee: Parents Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 946

3 47 September 13, 1863 Letter regarding colored troops Writer: George Beidelman Writer's location: Camp William Penn, Pennsylvania Addressee: Father Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 86

3 47a October 8, 1863 Slavery letter: the second portion of the letter describes "the Iron Ring taken from the slave girl's neck" with a hand drawn illustration of the Slave Collar. The letter continues "If this is not an argumentum ad hominem for the conversion of unbelievers, none can be devised for them. They must be wilfully blind." Writer: Nath'l Writer's location: Boston, Massachusetts Addressee: Mary Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 1049

 16 28 October 16, 1863 Describing Vicksburg after its capture, noting especially the behavior of white civilians and freed slaves Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 845

4 1 November 17, 1863 Blackmailing free African Americans to avoid army conscription Writer: Lt. Colonel Don Albert Pardee Writer's location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Addressee: Captain Fordham Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 922

4 2 November 29, 1863 Colored troops capture Major Barrows, a noted guerilla, eleven prisoners, and confiscate 500 contraband slaves Writer: Eugene Bates Writer's location: Camp near Norfolk, Virginia Addressee: Mother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 624

4 3 January 22, 1864 Writes of Soldier's Game - Putting an African American in Blanket and Throwing Him Up in the Air Writer: Elbridge G. Pond Writer's location: Morehead City, North Carolina Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 380

4 4 March 26, 1864 Slave owner Accuses an Overseer of Brutality, Causing Slaves to Run Away Writer: William H. Kennedy Writer's location: Stantonsburg, North Carolina Addressee: Messrs. RR and JL Bridges and Co. Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 544

4 5 April 20, October 31, 1864 Letter and Lease Pertaining to School and Church for Colored People Under Government Supervision Writer: RP Buckland Writer's location: Headquarters, District of Memphis, Tennessee Addressee: Format: MDocS, ALS

Rudin # S - 451

4 6 April 22, 1864 Letter with Content on Civil War and Slavery Writer: OM Legate Writer's location: Alexandria, Virginia Addressee: Nancy BL Severance Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 366

4 7 May 22, 1864 Letter concerning contrabands and colored troops Writer: William H. Nichols Writer's location: Camp Barry, Washington, DC Addressee: Friends Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 716

4 8 May 28, 1864 Slave-Carried Letter - Soldier Sending Boy for His Boots Writer: Writer's location: Atlanta, Georgia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 438

4 9 June 28, 1864 Writes About The Slave Quarters Writer: Alfred S Roe Writer's location: Petersburg, Virginia Addressee: Parents and brothers Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 390

4 10 August 5, 1864 Male nurse writes of death of a soldier, and a "negro dancing toy" Writer: Virgil E. Connor (?) Writer's location: Washington, DC Addressee: Sister Lind Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 878

4 11 January 30, 1865 African American cavalry fight Writer: Richard Walton Writer's location: Fort Powhattan Addressee: Sallie Walton Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 623

4 12 February 18, 1865 Black Confederate soldier writes to his master Writer: Aabram Writer's location: Petersburg, Virginia Addressee: Master Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 797

4 13 February 23, 1865 Watson does not accept fighting along side Africans in the army Writer: Thomas Watson Writer's location: Camp Pickets Division Addressee: Major Austin Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 899

4 14 April 28, 1865 Newly freed slaves join the march to Danville and compliment the Union soldiers Writer: Lewis Foster Writer's location: Danville, Virginia Addressee: Mother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 917

4 15 May 25, 1865 African caught thieving is forced to run through a guantlet of other men and nearly clubbed to death Writer: Edward Flagg Writer's location: Camp at Richmond, Virginia Addressee: Father and mother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 626

4 16 July 15, 1865 Rules to be Followed by the Military in Administering Control of the Florida Plantations, Planters and the Freedmen. Also, Rules Provided for the Application of the Amnesty Oath. Writer: AC Pretz Writer's location: Tallahassee, Florida Addressee: Sagendorph Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 410

4 17 September 4, 1865 Gilmore is asked to aid in the collection of confiscated confederate cotton Writer: JC Callicot Writer's location: Charleston, South Carolina Addressee: General Gilmore Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 657

4 18 October 8, 1865 Newly Freed Slaves Fare Poorly in Tennessee After the War Writer's location: Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 218

4 19 December 10, 1865 Plantation owners tell of problems with newly freed slaves Writer: Peter WEir Writer's location: Warsaw, Sumter County, Alabama Addressee: Brother Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 1023

4 20 March 29, 1866 Andrew Jackson vetoes the rights act of 1866 Writer: Samuel Jackson Randall Writer's location: Washington, DC Addressee: Adam John Glossbrenner Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 689

4 21 October 6 and 19, 1866 Regarding circulars that were distributed advertising a phony emigration plan for freedmen to go to Peru Writer: William Seward Writer's location: Washington, DC Addressee: JL Barreda Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 687

16 29 August 17, 1867 Complaint written on behalf of slave, asking to get her child back Location: Georgia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 35

4 22 January 3, 1871 Freed slave writes his former mistress inquiring about his age. Writer: Henry Lowry Writer's location: New Garden, North Carolina Addressee: Betsy Lowry Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 574

4 23 August 20, 1872 Garrison writes to Briggs reviewing the letter he had written to warn black voters that Sumber is a poor advisor and not to accept his conclusions Writer: William Lloyd Garrison Writer's location: Roxbury, Massachussetts Addressee: Reverend WT Briggs Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 975

4 24 April 16, 1873 Sumner writes "much has been done, but more remains to be done" Writer: Charles Sumner Writer's location: Washington, DC Addressee: Edward M. Turner Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 775

4 25 June 12, July 11, 1873 Pratt requests Singer Sewing Machine for Colored School. Accompanied by a Cover Letter Encouraging the Donation Writer: Enoch Pratt Writer's location: Baltimore, Maryland Addressee: Singer Manufacturing Co. Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 453

16 30 May 15-17, 1881 Seeks to Open a Fully-Integrated College for the Poor Location: Elk Falls, Kansas Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 418

4 26 Lewis George Clark Letter, regarding Uncle Tom's Cabin February 18, 1892 Writer: Lewis George Clark Addressee: Mr. Roland Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 190

4 27 August 26, 1892 Letter in which Douglass downplays the contributions of famous African Americans, especially women Writer: Frederick Douglass Writer's location: Cedar Mill, Ancostia, DC Addressee: Dr. Monroe Alpheus Majors Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 1017

4 28 Harriet Beecher Stowe Letter, regarding Uncle Tom's Cabin March 27, 1893 Writer: Harriet Beecher Stowe Addressee: Mr. Robb Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 189

Series VII: Manumissions 4 29 January 13, 1781 William Collins Frees Three of his Slaves at Future Dates Location: Kent County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 399

4 30 Revolutionary War Slave Manumission September 5, 1782

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4 31 August 11, 1788 Manumission Document - Mary London, Female Slave Location: Ann Arundel County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 260

4 32 June 22, 1795 Manumission Document - woman and child Location: Ann Arundel County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 261

4 33 April 13, 1796 Manumission Document - Thomas Freed at the Expiration of Four Years Location: Ann Arundel County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 263

4 34 February 21, 1799 "Recognizance" document freeing a woman and fining the man who brought her into Delware against the law Location: Ann Arundel County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 262

40 15 June 12, 1801 Peter to be freed 1806, Harry 1809, Poll 1812, and Ned in 1819 Location: Ann Arundel County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 262

16 31 December 23, 1807 Certificate of freedom for John Jones Location: Frederick County Court Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 904

16 32 1812 and 1814 Manumission of Female Slaves Location: New York

Rudin # S - 13

16 33 October 26, 1822 A Manumission of "A Coloured Man, Mariner" Location: New York City Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 490

41 2 November 7, 1828 Certificate of Freedom for George Howard Location: Alleghany County, Pennsylvania Format: Vellum Doc

Rudin # S - 223

16 34 August 24, 1830 Slave Pays for her Certificate of Freedom - Included is a Receipt for a Payment Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 276

16 35 March 27, 1832 Manumission for a slave and her four children Location: San Felipe de Austin Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 669

16 36 March 7, 1837 Slave Emancipation and Freedom Bond Location: Sangamon County, Illinois Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 277

4 35 June 18, 1827 Son Makes oath Verifying Manumission of a Slave who was Manumitted 21 Years Before by his Father Location: Frederick County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 594

4 36 February 15, 1839 Document certifying that woman is a freed slave and that her daughter was born free Location: County of Rockingham Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 288

4 37 March 11, 1840 Manumission Document, Henry Skinner Location: Frederick County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 23

40 16 August 19, 1842 Deed of freedom for 14 year old Henry Blake Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 1026

16 37 October 29, 1842 Rhode Island Freedom Papers Location: Rhode Island Format: Ptd DocS

Rudin # S - 316

40 17 April 21, 1845 Certificate of manumission for a woman and her son by Charles Hempstead Location: Galena, Illinois Format: MDocs

Rudin # S - 768

16 38 1853 Freedom Bond for a Slave Location: Kentucky

Rudin # S - 168

4 38 February 28, 1853 Official Freedom Certificate for Woman Polly Bundy Location: Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 541

18 16 May 17, 1856 Partly-Printed Proof of Slave Manumission Location: Baltimore County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 274

40 18 March 12, 1861 Slave manumission signed by Matilda with an "X". She promises to leave Kentucky within 90 days Location: Commonwealth of Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 776

4 39 August 22, 1862 Document Manumitting London Henry and his Family Location: Port Royal, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 425

40 19 1863 Enlisted slave gains manumission, 3 documents Location: Maryland

Rudin # S - 78

40 20 September 7, 1863 Slave Emancipation with Proviso that Slave will Leave the State within 90 days Location: Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 221

Series VIII: Maps 25 1 1838 Map of Southern Africa by Bradford

Rudin Map #2

 4 40 1845 Map of Liberia Location: Format:

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25 1 1855 Map of Africa by L. Antoine, Paros

Rudin Map #1

 Series IX: Miscellaneous Documents 4 42a Undated Alex Haley draft pages Format: Typed manuscript

Two typed pages from early draft of "Roots" with extensive editing and corrections by Alex Haley- (A portion of Chapter 84 where Kizzy is raped.) With color photo.

Rudin # S - 303

2 New York Draft Riots broadside, "DON'T unchain the tiger!" Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 1047

 16 39 June 20, 1728 Colonial Slave Document regarding abuse on slave Location: England

Rudin # S - 68

4 41 August 7, 1732 Bill of Lading for Seven Boys and One Girl Location: Barbados to Boston, Massachusetts Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 265

16 40 August 7, 1732 Bill of Lading for a Slave Girl Location: Barbados to Boston, Massachusetts Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 264

4 42 January 10, 1752 Constable's Bill for Services Provided in the Execution of Two Slaves Charged with Poisoning Location: Ashley Ferry Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 300

6 8 April 12, 1761 Contract Between William Harrison, John Finn and Sam Dennis Involving 1690 Pounds Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 457

5 July 17, 1764 Manuscript letter to William Pinnegar giving witness to the Atlantic slave triangle trade Location: Newport, Rhode Island Signed: Aaron Lopez

Rudin # S - 785

16 42 March 25, 1768 Colonial document recording sale of land by a free African American Location: Brintwood, New Hampshire Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 746

16 41 August 11, 1768 Invoice cargo of the ship active that would be exchanged for slaves in a triangle trade Location: Newport Format: MDoc

Rudin # S - 732

16 43 March 7, 1778 Instructions to the Captain of a Captured Vessel Carrying Slaves Location: On Board the Marlborough at Montserrado Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 352

4 43 December 22, 1779 Smuggling African Cloth to America from St. Eustatius Location: St. Eustatius Format: Ptd MDocS

Rudin # S - 463

4 44 June 21, 1780 and June 1, 1782 Pair of receipts signed by black Connecticut soldiers in the Revolution for rations and pay Location: Connecticut Format: MDocS, Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 673

4 45 October 10, 1780 Complying with the Abolition of Slavery Act in Pennsylvania Location: Allentown, PA Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 242

4 46 December 6, 1782 Document granting permission to ship "four Negroes" to New York Location: South Carolina

Rudin # S - 71

4 47 December 27, 1784 Juba Freeman, a black Revolutionary War soldier receives pay signed by master Richard Law Location: Hartford Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 692

21 6 1787 Slave Ship Brigantine Washington Muster Roll Location: Newport, RI Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 586

5 1 March 1, 1790 County Sheriff's announcement of slave to be claimed Location:Pasquotank County, North Carolina Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 729

16 44 April 25, 1792 Letter to Georgia Gov. Edward Telfair, concerning death sentence of a slave

Rudin # S - 80

16 45 October 10, 1797 Insurance Policy for Slave Ship Hibernia Location: Rhode Island

Rudin # S - 115

5 2 July 5, 1799 Oath of Allegiance of a Schoolmaster Location: Harington, New Jersey Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 398

5 3 1802 Quakers Procure Title for Land on Which The Meeting House and Graveyard are Situated Format: DOC

Rudin # S-376

16 46 1801 Warrant for Seizure of Slave Ship Washington Location: Rhode Island

Rudin # S - 149

5 4 March 15, 1805 New York Slave Birth Certificate Location: New York Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 214

5 5 October 30, 1812 Certification of Brown Seaman's American Citizenship Location: District of Baltimore Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 409

16 47 January 20, 1811 Archive of the slave revolt aboard the Brig Agent Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 647

16 48 July 11, 1813 Deposition of two British officers regarding the capture of 233 African Slaves Location: Sierra Leone Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 635

16 49 November 9, 1814 Government Reimbursement Document for Servant's Clothing and Rations - War of 1812 Location: 1st New Hampshire Detached Militia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 407

5 6 ca. 1815 Slave is accused of murdering his master Location: Frederick County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 718

5 7 July 24, 1818 Andrew Jackson Invoice for Medical Care of his Slaves, Including Three Newborn Deliveries Location: Melton's Bluff, Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 427

5 8 1820-1829 Massachusetts: Pauper Laws Location: Massachusetts Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 377

21 6 1821 Census documents with "free white males", "Slaves", and "free colored persons" Location: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 950

 21 6 1821 Census documents Location: New Hampshire, New York Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 905

 5 9 July 21, 1821 Medical assistance to be provided by Dr. Eli Ayers to U.S. agents and persons of colour delivered to Africa by U.S. vessels engaged in suppression of slave trade Location: Navy Department Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 217

5 10 August 31, 1821 Mississippi Orders Man to Answer for Inflicting Cruel and Unusual Punishment on a Slave Woman Location: Adams County, Mississippi Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 404

5 11 January 8, 1824 Kentucky Slave Oath Location: Clay County, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 251

16 50 September 19, 1831 Contract with Supervisor of Slave Gold Mine Location: Burke County, North Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 206

17 1 1831-1832 Three Manuscript Documents Follow the Tribulations of Seven Slaves Trying to Attain Freedom Location: South Carolina and Illinois Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 597

5 12 November 28, 1831 Payment for Mid-Wife to Negro Woman Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 350

5 13 November, 1834 Pennsylvania Illegitimacy Prosecution Location: Adams County, Pennsylvania Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 421

17 2 June 2, 1837 Two slaves testify they were hired by another slave to commit murder Location: Ray County, Missouri Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 772

17 3 1838 Lengthy Physician's Bill for Services Rendered to Slaves Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 405

5 14 August 10, 1838 Sale of a Tobacco Crop for $150.75

Rudin # S - 376

3 19 September 5, 1839 Letter Discusses Favorable Opportunities to Invest in Land and Slaves Location: Plantation, Iberville Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 219

5 15 ca. 1840-1860 List of 34 slaves, their names, ages and comments on their "character"; also includes a rating sheet on each slave's performance. Location: Constana (?) Plantation Format: MDS

Rudin # S - 304

5 16 1840s Physician's bill for over 100 visits to Thomas Kennedy's slaves Location: Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 649

5 17 October 15, 1840 Proving Free Born Document Location: Maryland

Rudin # S - 22

5 18 October 30, 1840 Funding the Colonization Society Location: Washington City Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 314

5 19 June 9, 1841 Contract Agreeing to Guard and Accompany Mayse and his 20 Slaves Between Two Towns in Texas. Payment to be "a certain boy Reuben or $400" Location: County of Jefferson, Republic of Texas Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 562

17 4 November 11, 1841 About the Brig "Sophia", Converted to a Slaver by her Officers on the Coast of Africa with a New Crew, False Papers and Flag, and a Cargo of Slaves Location: Rio de Janiero Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 452

19 23 December 29, 1841 Whittier on the Abolitionist Crusade, with News of "another Amistad Affair" Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 375

5 20 April 8, 1843-September 22, 1843 Dentist's Bills for Extracting Teeth From Slaves Location: Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 280

13 38 1845 Slave Code Extracts Location: Salem, Ohio

Rudin # S - 181

5 21 June 13, 1845 Virginia Slave Pass

Rudin # S - 39

5 22 January 22, 1846 Invoice for Medical Care Provided to his Slaves Location: Wilcox County, Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 512

5 23 January 1847 Physician's Bill for Services Rendered to a Slave Location: Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 278

5 24 August 25, 1847 Court Summons, re: gaming, fighting slaves

Rudin # S - 191

5 25 1848-1862 Texas Plantation Slave Birth and Death Records Location: Texas Format: MDocS, Booklet

Rudin # S - 521

5 26 January 15, 1849 Manifest of slave oath that the slave involved was not imported into the US Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 729

17 5 1849 and 1850 Four official letters regarding the U.S. involvement in the suppression of the illegal slave trade occurring on American ships. Location: Brazil Format: LS

Rudin # S - 523

5 27 ca. 1950 Children's Anti-Salvery missionary society certificate Location: Jocelyn, New York Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 957

5 28 January 1, 1850 Overseer on the Beeches Plantation is Paid Location: Beeches Plantation Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 495

5 29 July 22, 1850 Document regarding a female slave charged with arson Location: Georgia

Rudin # S - 109

22 1 August 23, 1850 Slave Census Broadside Location: County of Decatur, Georgia Format: Ptd BROADSIDE

Rudin # S - 318

5 30 ca. 1850-1858 Ordinance regarding number of lashes given to slaves Location:Liberty, Missouri

Rudin # S - 18

 5 31 January 2, 1852 Sharecropper Contract Location: Anderson County, Texas Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 283

5 32 January 22, 1852 African American Insurance Policy, Mutual Benefit Life and Fire Insurance Co. Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 76

5 33 June 22, 1852 American Colonization Society Certificate (Signed by Henry Clay)

Rudin # S - 57

5 34 May 18, 1855 Slave Patrols to Enforce Curfews Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 235

25 1 1855 Lottery Broadside with slaves as prizes Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 40

22 1 March 31, 1857 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Theatre Broadside Location: Worcester, Massachusetts Format: Ptd BROADSIDE

Rudin # S - 257

5 35 January 23, 1858 Florida Indictment for selling liquor to slaves

Rudin # S - 9

5 36 March 16, October 13, 1858 Banks Introduces Abolitionist Myrtilla Miner and Recommends Her Cause for Financial Aid, Seconded in a Note by James Thompson Location: Salem and Boston, Massachusetts Format: ANS

Rudin # S - 401

5 37 November 13, 1858 A petition requesting the state of Vermont to prohibit the surrender of fugitive slaves Location: Vermont Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 856

38 1859 Framed abolitionist broadside printed after John Brown's execution. "John Brown Still Lives" Location: Morrison, Illinois Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 844

 5 37A 1859 Letterhead invoice of J. Tanenbaum and Co. Format: MDS

Rudin # S - 1043C

17 6 1860 Slave Ship "Florida" Manifest Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 89

5 38 ca. 1860s "The Midnight Alarm (A True Story) - Story of a pregnant slave who accidentally gets shot by Union soldiers as she attempts to cross Union lines into freedom Format: MS Story

Rudin # S - 921

5 39 ca. 1860 African American Rail Road Ticket Location: Alexandria to Vicksburg via Memphis Format: Ptd Ticket

Rudin # S - 356

5 40 February 8, 1860 Quotation Declaring the Critical Importance of Abolishing Slavery Location: Washington, DC Format: AQS

Rudin # S - 445

5 41 December 1860- February 1865 Nine Items Pertaining to a Yankee Teacher in the South Location: Louisiana Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 346

17 7 January 3, 1861 Division of Slaves into Four Equal Lots - Estate of John Johnson, Deceased Location: Madison County, Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 461

5 42 June 1861 Efforts of Underground Railroad Location: Uniontown, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 247

5 43 June 8, 1861 Cotton is shipped from Louisiana to England Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: MDoc

Rudin # S - 705

17 8 September 8-15, 1861 Slave Overseer's Journal Sheet - Daily Record of Hardscrabble Plantation Location: Near Simmesport, Louisiana Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 319

5 44 February 14, 1862 Fourteen-day confederate pass for a free black member of North Carolina Infantry Location: Camp Daniel, North Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 608

5 45 March 31, 1862 CSS Southern Republic Way Bill for 127 African Americans Passage Location: North Carolina

Rudin # S - 184

5 45A May 26, 1862 "Confiscation of Property and Emancipation of the Slaves of Rebels", speech of Hon. Albert Ely of New York Format: Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 1044

5 46 July 7-10, 1862 Provision Return for Seven Black Teamsters Location: Camp near Drewry's Bluff Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 431

5 47 July 27, 1862 Two Slave Patrol Related Items Signed by J.N. Whitner, one of the signers of the South Carolina Secession Ordinance Location: Anderson, South Carolina Format: PASS and ALS

Rudin # S - 323

5 48 July 28, 1862 A coffin and case receipt for a slave, with an etching of a funeral Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 663

6 1 August 27, 1862 Order expelling all slaves not regularly hired from military camps Location: Sedalia, Missouri Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 820

6 2 November 2-9, 1862 Soldier Interviews Slaves in Maryland - Slaves want to be Free Location: Camp Chesapeake, Rockwell, Maryland Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 232

6 3 December 15, 1862 Confederate Slave Patrol Orders Location: Dinwiddie County, Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 497

6 3A 1863 The Draft Riots in New York. The Metropolitan Police: Their Service During Riot Week. Author: David Barnes

Rudin # S - 1038

13 39 1863 Confederate Imprint. Public Laws of the State of North Carolina, re: Slaves, Negro traders

Rudin # S - 58

6 4 1863-1865 Two Confederate bills: an act to provide payment to slave owners for slaves impressed under state laws, a bill to provide for raising two hundred thousand negro troops Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 782

6 5 January 6, 1863 Contrabands On Board the Canal Boat "Kate" Location: Commissary Wharf Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 307

6 6 January 27, 1863 Marriage license for "Thomas Tank, a Free Boy of Color" and Sallie Ann Lock Location: Lawrence, Alabama Format: Ptd DocS

Rudin # S - 761

22 2 January 29, 1863 Series D Bond- Liberty leaning on bales of Cotton Format: Bond

Rudin # S - 695

 6 7 February 4, 1863 Transportation of slave for defenses Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 64

17 9 March 1863 Free woman enters volunteer slavery Location: Arkansas

Rudin # S - 119

6 9 May 9, 1863 Confederate Slave Impressment Form Location: Abeeville, Henry County, Alabama Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 228

6 10 September 16, 1863 Special Orders No. 14 appointing Major JE Bryant to oversee conditions of contraband slaves, signed by John P Hawkins Location: Goodrich Landing, Louisiana Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 688

6 11 October 1, 1863 Confederate Slave Impressment Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 42

6 12 October 19, 1863 Two black brothers both enlist Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 607

6 13 October 27, 1863 Man receives permission to return his slave force to his plantation after assisting with the defenses of Atlanta Location: Atlanta, GA Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 293

6 13A November 30, December 17, 1863 Pair of cancelled checks issued by New York City for Draft Riot damages Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 1041

6 14 December 10, 1863 Check issued by New York City in compensation for property damage during draft riots Location: New York City Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 734

6 15 December 29, 1863 Special Order #10 - Tax to be Levied on the Labor of all Southern Freedmen for the Support of the Sick and Dependent of their Race Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 518

6 16 February 10, 1864 South Carolina Slave Impressment: recouping loss of impressed slave

Rudin # S - 52

17 10 February 17, 1864 CSA Certificate, plowman pictured

Rudin # S - 696

6 17 February 29, 1864 Andrews (White Man) is Appointed 2nd Lt of 36th Regiment of US Colored Infantry Location: Department of Virginia, North Carolina Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 411

6 18 May 1, 1864 Death certificate for slave who was required to work on confederate earthworks around Charleston. Died in a "Negro hospital" Location: Charleston, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 760

6 19 May 6, 1864 Permit to Sell 100 Bales of Cotton Location: Port of Little Rock, Arkansas Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 576

22 2 September 22, 1864 Union "Oath of Allegiance" Broadside Location: Norfolk, Virginia Format: Ptd BROADSIDE

Rudin # S - 489

6 20 November 15, 1864 Free Black Civil War Pass to Move Four Bales of Cotton Location: Natchez, Mississippi Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 420

6 21 November, 1864 Claim for Impressed Slave who died while working on Ft. Sumter Location: South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 151

See also G. T. Beauregard letter regarding Fort Sumter in collection #6875.

 6 22 November 26, 1864 An African American man offers to serve as a substitute soldier in the Union Army Location: Camden County, New Jersey Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 745

6 23 December 24, 1864 Confederate Printed Broadside, "Joint Resolutions" Regarding Impressments and the Schedule of Prices Fixed by the Confederate Commissioners Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Ptd Broadside

Rudin # S - 527

6 24 1865 "Negro" Passport Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 525

6 25 January 31, 1865 Civil War Form Signed by an Officer of the U.S. Colored Troops for Subsistence for Himself and Black Servant Location: On the Field, Virginia Format: Ptd DocS

Rudin # S - 480

6 26 March 15, 1865 Court Marshall of a Black Musician Location: Helena, Arkansas Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 439

17 11 June, 1865 Enlistment bounty for slave soldier and receipt of payment Location: Baltimore, Maryland Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 639

6 27 June 3, 1865 Oath of Allegiance Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 94

22 3 July 8, 1865 Labor contract with freedmen Location: Marion County, Texas Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 671

6 28 June 16, 1865 Paroled POW signs oath of allegiance Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 819

7 9 July 25, 1865 General Order #129 - Equal Treatment of Blacks Location: Washington Format: "Ptd DOC"

Rudin # S - 216

17 12 August 16, 1865 Circular No. 13 - Freedman's Bureau Carves Up the Conquered South Location: Washington, DC Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 310

6 29 August 31, 1865 Black Matron's Pay (Matron of a US Army Hospital) Location:

Rudin # S - 49

6 30 September 11, 1865 Signed oath of loyalty for officers of the Missouri militia, signed by DL Woodson Location: Audrain County, Missouri Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 667

6 31 September 16, 1865 Oath of Allegiance Location: County of Stanly Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 237

6 32 October 9, 1865 Agreement Between Former Masters and Slaves Location: Abbeville District, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 295

6 33 October 10, 1865 Amnesty Oath: Ex-Confederate soldier swears to uphold the constitution with specific mention of slaves Location: Florida Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 802

6 34 December 29, 1865 Miller Contract and Farmland Contract Approved by The Freedmen Bureau Location: Lumpkin County, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 220

6 35 January 23, 1866 Post Civil War agreement between William Kinder and 29 Freedmen and Women Location: Williamsburg District, South Carolina Format: DocS

Rudin # S - 895

17 13 February 27, 1866 Document of DeFacto Slavery (Four Year-Old Boy)

Rudin # S - 30

6 36 March 13, 1866 Freed Slave (George Washington) is discharged from Colored Troop. Location: Natchez, Mississippi Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 654

22 2 April 2, 1866 Military pay voucher for General Sickles and his four servants Location: Charleston, South Carolina Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 850

 6 37 May 17, 1866 Louisiana Amnesty Oath

Rudin # S - 14

6 38 May 17, 1866 Receipt for Making Four Coffins for Negroes Who Died on the Plantation Location: Anson County, North Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 408

6 39 December 25-26, 1867 A Marriage License and Marriage Certificate for a Slave Couple Location: Gallation County, Kentucky Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 481

6 40 ca. 1868 Motion to Throw Black Legislators Out of Georgia Legislature Location: Milledgeville, Georgia Format: Partial AMS

Rudin # S - 454

6 41 1868 Reconstruction Contract with ex-slaves for labor Location:North Carolina

Rudin # S - 53

22 2 July 4, 1868 Home for Destitute Colored Children- indenture to last 12 years for a young black man to work Location: Maylandville, Pennsylvania Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S -932

6 42 July 7, 1868 KKK Blocks Freed Slaves from Voting in Georgia Location: Atlanta, Georgia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 479

6 43 1869 Democratic National Union "No Negro Suffrage" Ballot Location: Ohio Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 437

6 44 February 26, 1869 Navy discharge record of African American sailor, George Bailey, from the US Ship Vandalia Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 945

6 45 May 20, 1869 Contract whereby Georgia Leases African American Prisoners for Railroad Construction in an effort to circumvent the abolition of Slavery. Location: Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 588

6 46 June 26, 1869 Oath of Allegiance Location: West Virginia Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 397

22 3 1870 $1000 bond- Cotton wagon at pier Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: Bond

Rudin # S - 693

 22 3 1870s Concert broadside for "Donavin's Original Tennesseeans Slave Cabin Singers" Location: Catasauqua, Pennsylvania Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 983

 6 47 May 5, 1870 Special Orders Cancel "Wrongful Apprenticeships" - By Order of Major General Terry Location: Atlanta, GA Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 248

6 48 May 30, 1870 Special Orders Cancel "Wrongful Apprenticeships" - By Order of Major General Terry Location: Atlanta, Georgia Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 249

5 ca. 1872 Henry Farrow, the injustice of poll taxes Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 985

 20 1 1874 $500 bond, men hauling cotton Location: Mississippi Format: Bond

Rudin # S - 730

6 49 September 22, 1874 Buffalo soldier named George Washington is discharged and receives his final pay Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 996

6 50 February 7 and 28, 1875 Pair of dated discharge documents for a "Buffalo Soldier" named Thomas Grant Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 632

6 51 1877 Quote signed "Peace if possible, Justice at any rate" Format: AQS

Rudin # S - 435

6 52 October 6, 1886 Petition for Lenience for a Negro Convicted of Stealing Location: Farmsville, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 406

26 9 1890 Color Chart of "White and Colored Population of the Southern States", Rand Mcnally Location: Chicago, Illinois

Rudin # S - 999

22 4 ca. 1890s 1-Star "Liberia" Flag Location: Country of Liberia Format: FLAG

Rudin # S - 585

17 14 1892 $500 Constitutional bond Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: Bond

Rudin # S - 694

2 August 22, 1896 'Little JL Washington, the Walking Bible Prodigy' broadside with image Location: Yorktown Baptist Church Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 842

 22 4 1901 $1000 Mortgage bond Location: Columbia, Louisiana Format: Bond

Rudin # S - 697

6 53 1907-1909 Three Sharecroppers' contracts signed with an "X" by each tenant farmer Location: Tunica, Mississippi Format: Ptd DocS

Rudin # S - 780

6 54 August 12, 1918 Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Reward Poster for a Black Man Location: Buchanan County, Missouri Format: Ptd Poster

Rudin # S - 568

6 55 1924 Facsimile account book recording expenses to assist fugitive slaves during the 1850s and 1860s Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Account book

Rudin # S - 968

Series VIII: Music 7 1 "Kingdom Coming" Location: Root and Cady Publishers, Chicago Format: Ptd song sheet

Rudin # S - 534

7 2 Collection of 91 Song sheets Location: Philadelphia Format: Ptd song sheet

Rudin # S - 532

8 3 Colored Regiments Recruiting Broadside "A Contraband Song" Format: Ptd song sheet

Rudin # S - 474

7 4 Civil War colored songsheets: "Darkey Conscript", "Kitty Wells" Format: Ptd Sheet music

Rudin # S - 1006

7 5 Freedom song of the Mississippi Contrabands, "A Contraband Song, Old Shady" Format: Ptd Sheet music

Rudin # S - 835

7 6 "Kingdom Coming" hand colored Format: Ptd Sheet music

Rudin # S - 763

7 7 Six civil war songs by Charles Magnus, each hand colored and bound in an accordion folding pamphlet Format: Song Sheets

Rudin # S - 610

20 2 "I Long For My Home in Kentuck" Location: Metzler and Co, London Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031L

20 2 "Minstrel's Return from the War" Location: Mew York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031Q

20 2 1820s "The Coal Black Rose" Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 953

20 2 1830s Minstrel tale of a river dweller Gumbo Chaff Location: Baltimore, Maryland Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 952

20 3 ca. 1840 "To the West! To the West! To the Land of the Free!" Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 629

20 3 1840 "Nelly Was a Lady" Location: Firth, Pond and Co., New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031M

7 8 1843 "Deacon Snowball's Negro Melodies" Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 1011

19 1 ca. 1845 "The Slave Chase" - Composed by Henry Russell Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 348

19 2 1847 Ethiopian Serenaders Minstrel Sheet Music - "Rosa Lee" Location: New York - William Hall and Son Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 419

20 3 ca. 1850s "Uncle Ned" by Stephen Foster Location: London, England Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 960

7 9 ca. 1850 "Massa's in De Cold Ground" Format: Sheet music

Rudin # S - 958

7 10 ca. 1850 "Uncle True Songster" Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 616

7 11 1850 "Negro Melodies of the Day" Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 613

7 12 ca. 1850 Abolitionist's Song "The Slave's Dream" Location: B. Leverett Emerson Boston, MA Format: Ptd Broadside

Rudin # S - 446

19 3 1850 "Camptown Races," Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 159

7 13 ca. 1851-1860 "Old Uncle Ned Songster" Format: Songbook

Rudin # S - 615

7 14 1851-1853 "White Serenaders' Song Book, No. 4" , "Christy's Plantation Melodies, No. 2" Format: Songbooks

Rudin # S - 989

19 4 1851 "Old Folks at Home" Location: Fifth Pond and Co, NY Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031J

19 4 1851 "Darkies Our Master's Gone to Town," Published by E. H. Wade Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 162

19 5 1851 "Aolean Melodies" and "Poor Mary Cook," Published by E. H. Wade Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 160

19 6 1851 "Poor Old Slave," Published by G. P. Reed & Co. Location: Boston, MA Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 155, S - 1030

 19 7 1852 "Little Eva" Abolitionist Song - Dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe Location: Boston - Jewett and Co. Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 394

19 7 1852 "Rosa Lane" Location: Edward Walker, Philadelphia PA Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031H

19 8 ca. 1852 "Little Eva-Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel" , "Uncle Tom's Glimpse of Glory" , "Uncle Tom's Religion" Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Ptd Song Sheet

Rudin # S - 271

19 9 1852 Sheet Music: "I am Going There" or "The Death of Little Eva," Published by Oliver Ditson

Rudin # S - 165

20 4 1852 "Song of Eva - In Uncle Tom's Cabin" Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Sheet music

Rudin # S - 822

20 4 1852 "Katy Darling" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031W

20 4 1852 "Topsy's Song" with "Eva and Topsy" illustration Location: London, England Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 823

20 4 1852 "Massa's in De Cold Ground" Location: Firth, Pond and Co., New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031O

20 4 1853 "Katy's Cry 'Come and Buy My Hot Corn'" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031P

20 4 1853 "Sweet Mississippi" Location: Sep. Winner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031R

19 10 1853 "Kitty Crow," Published by C. C. Clapp & Co. Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 154

19 11 1853 "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night," Published by Firth, Pond & Co. Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 163

20 4 1854 "Meet me in Heaven" or the "Night Funeral of a Slave" Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 679

7 15 ca. 1855 "Christy's Panorama Songster" (Minstrel Songster) Location: William H. Murray New York Format: Songbook

Rudin # S - 515

7 16 1856, 1860 "Bryant's Programme and Songs" , "Christy's Plantation Melodies" Format: Song sheets

Rudin # S - 1007

7 17 1859 "Bryants Essence of Old Virginny" Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 655

7 18 ca. 1860 "Henry De Marsan's New Comic and Sentimental Singer's Journal" - "Containing all the most Popular Songs of the Day" Location: 60 Chatham Street, New York Format: Ptd song sheet

Rudin # S - 566

7 19 1860 Hand colored, "Back and the Belly" Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 627

7 20 ca. 1860 "Joe Buggin's Wedding" Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 631

20 5 1860 "Fred Wilson's Clog Dances" Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 806

19 12 1860 Sheet Music, "Dixie's Land, with Brilliant Variations" - Early variant printing of "I Wish I Was In Dixie Land" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 591

19 13 ca. 1860s Tom The Blind Negro Boy Pianist - Only 10 Years Old - Sheet Music - "Oliver Gallop" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 428

19 14 1860 "I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land," Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. Location: Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 157

19 14 1861 "Kittie Wells" Location: ST Gordon, New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031A

19 15 1861 Civil War Sheet Music: The "Contraband Schottische" Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 364

19 16 1861 "The Contraband Schottisch," Published by Lee and Walker Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 166

19 17 1861 "Raw Recruits or Abraham's Daughter" Song Book - Hand-Colored Cover Illustration Location: New York Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 287

7 21 October 14, 1861 Emancipation Hymn "Let the Men Go" Location: New York, NY Format: Ptd Song sheet

Rudin # S - 387

7 22 1861-1865 "War Songs, for Anniversaries and Gatherings of Soldiers" Format: Music Book

Rudin # S - 803

7 23 ca. 1861 "Dixie's Land" Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 1020

19 17 1862 "De Day ob Liberty's comin" Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1039A

 20 5 1862 "The Negro Emancipation Song" Location: Chicago, Illinois Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 751

19 18 1862 "Young Folks at Home" Location: Gould and Berry, New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031B

19 18 1862 "Song of the Negro Boatmen," Published by Root and Cady Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 161

7 24 ca. 1863 "Fifty Cents a Day" Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 641

7 25 ca. 1863 "Wake Nicodemus!" Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 1027

36 1863-1880 "New Orleans Minstrels", "Sweet Singer", "Last Words" Format: Song books

Rudin # S - 1012

19 17 1864 "Wake Nicodemus"- verse and music Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1039B

 19 19 1864 "Wake Nicodemus," Published by Root and Cady. Two copies Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 156, S - 1031I

26 9 1865 "Patriotic Songs: Your Sons and Your Money on Your Country's Altar" Format: Ptd Broadsheet

Rudin # S - 849

19 17 1866 "Times hab badly change ole massa now" Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1039C

 19 20 1867 "Plantation Melodies: and "The Gum Tree Canoe," Published by Geo. P. Reed Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 164

7 26 1868 "Christy's New Songster and Black Joker" Location: Dick and Fitzgerald Publishers, New York Format: Ptd Song book

Rudin # S - 565

20 6 1869 ; 1898 "Shew Fly", "Uncle Josh's Huskin Dance" Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 791

20 7 1869 "New and Original Song and Dance: Love Among the Roses" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 805

20 7 1869 "Old Uncle Ben, The Colored Refugee" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 979

7 27 ca. 1870 Concert Program - "Songs, Sketch of the Life, of Blind Tom the Marvelous Musical Prodigy, The Negro Boy Pianist" Location: New York Format: Ptd Program

Rudin # S - 484

19 21 1872 "Contraband Children," Published by C. H. Ditson & Co. Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 158

7 27A 1875 "Skidmore Guard", a humorous song about colored troops Format: Song sheet

Rudin # S - 1033

20 8 1875 "The Old Log Cabin in the Lane" Location: Brooklyn, New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 980

20 8 1877 "Walking for Dat Cake" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 965

7 28 1877 Slavery Songbook by A. J. Fisher Format: Ptd Sheet music

Rudin # S - 87

20 9 1882 "The Camptown Races" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 862

20 10 1882 "Minstrel Songs Old and New" Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 976

7 29 1884 Appearance of the Catawampus Negro Minstrels, New Hampshire Format: Music broadside

Rudin # S - 866

19 22 1885 "Old Black Joe" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031K

2 Broadside for Grand Sacred Concert by the Tennessee Jubilee Singers, and African American Singing Group Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 1035

 19 22 1888 "Good Bye my Honey I'm Gone" Location: National Music, Chicago Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031N

19 22 1892 "Happy Darkies" (Two Copies - one 8 pages and one 4 pages) Location: "London and New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 367

7 30 1898 Program for the "Black Patti Troubadours", New York Format: Music Program

Rudin # S - 986

20 9 1899 "At a Darktown Cake Walk" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031U

20 9 1899 ; 1844 "The Cotton Pickers", "African Quadrilles, Negro Melodies" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 677

8 1 1901 "Songs of the Confederacy and Plantation Melodies" - Contains Twenty Songs Location: Cincinatti, Ohio Format: Ptd song book

Rudin # S - 294

20 9 1902 "Evah Dahkey is a King", two copies Location: Chicago, IL Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031E

20 11 1902 "I Am de Leadin' Lady ob de Town" Location: Fred King Music, Chicago, IL Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031D

20 11 1904 "By The Watermelon Vine Lindy Lou" Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031V

20 11 1904 "There's A Dark Man Coming With a Bundle" Location: New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031T

20 11 1905 "When Angelina Johnson Comes A-swingin Down De Line" Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031S

8 2 ca. 1910s "Plantation Melodies and Spiritual Songs" Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 967

20 11 1905 "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies" Location:Boston, Massachusetts Format: Song Book

Rudin # S - 972

20 11 1912 "If Every Star was a Little Pickaninny" Location: Leo. Feist, New York Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031C

20 12 1918 "Somebody's Done Me Wrong"- "The Best Coon Shout Ever Written" Location: Jos. W. Stern Co, NY Format: Sheet Music

Rudin # S - 1031G

Series XI: Newspapers 8 3 September 13, 1675 "London Gazette" discussing a slave mutiny Location: London, England

Rudin # S - 777

22 5 August 31, 1772 "Pennsylvania Packet" offering rewards for runaway slave Location: Pennsylvania

Rudin # S - 605A

22 5 September 21, 1772 "The Boston Evening Post" debating the slave trade in Colonial America Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin # S - 868

22 5 January 1, 1800 Gazette of the United States and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser-Runaway Slave Ads Location: Pennsylvania

Rudin Newspaper #1

22 5 March 6, 1800 "Windham Herald"- Will of Gen. George Washington

Rudin Newspaper #2

22 5 May 4, 1801 "City Gazette and Daily Advertiser" - Ads for Sale of Slave Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #3

22 5 September 11, 1802 "Columbian Centinel" - Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin Newspaper #3a

22 5 November 17, 1802 "New York Evening Post" containing advertisements for slaves for purchase Location: New York

Rudin # S - 605B

22 5 February 7, 1803 "Relfs Philadelphia Gazette and Advertiser" Reward Offered for Runaway Location: Pennsylvania

Rudin Newspaper #4

22 6 January 10, 1805 "Charleston Courier" with slavery related ads Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 981

22 6 February 18, 1806 "The Enquirer" with slaves for sale Location: Richmond, Virginia

Rudin Newspaper #5

 22 6 January 13, 1807 "Newburyport Herald" - Debate on the Bill Prohibiting the African Slave Trade

Rudin Newspaper #6

22 6 February 18, 1807 "Charleston Courier" numerous cargoes of slaves offered for sale Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 1003

22 6 June 24, 1807 "Charleston Courier" with illustrated slave ads Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 1004

22 6 October 7, 1807 "Columbia Centinel" description of an advertisement for runaway slave Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin # S - 929

22 7 January 4, 1810 "The Star" Runaway Slave Ad Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #7

22 7 1818, 1821, 1838 "Richmond Enquirer", "The Lynchburg Press", "Daily Republican Banner" (4 newspapers) Location: Richmond, Lynchburg, Nashville

Rudin # S - 920

22 7 October 9, 1818 "Richmond Enquirer" slave ads Location: Richmond, Virginia

Rudin Newspaper #8

22 7 March 13, 1819 "Boston Recorder" Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin Newspaper #9

22 7 May 26, 1818 "Richmond Enquirer," including runaway slave ads and announcement of sale of "44 Negroes" as part of the estate Romancock Location: Richmond, Virginia

Newspaper #10

22 8 March 15 and June 13, 1820 "City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser" Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #10, 11

22 8 August 7, 1820 "The Charleston Courier" -Rewards for Runaways Location: South Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #12

8 4 August 4, 1821 "Niles Weekly Register" - throwing slaves overboard in casks to lighten slave ship Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Rudin # S - 814

22 8 November 27, 1821 "The Genius of Liberty" -Rewards for Runaways Location: Virginia

Rudin Newspaper #13

21 9 The Compiler - 40 slave-related ads January 4-7, 1822

Rudin # S - 828

22 8 January 17, 1822 "Washington Gazette" contains chart presenting results of 1820 census Location: Washington, DC

Rudin # S - 951

22 8 August 31, 1822 "National Intelligencer" Location: Washington, DC

Rudin Newspaper #14

23 1 February 11, 1825 "Southern Patriot and Commercial Advertiser" Location: South Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #15

23 1 October 10, 1826 "National Intelligencer" -Notice for Runaway, Public Sale Location: Washington DC

Rudin Newspaper #16

23 1 November 7, 1826 "Richmond Enquirer" Location: Virginia

Rudin Newspaper #16a

23 1 December 16, 1826 "New-Hampshire Statesman and Concord Register" Location: New Hampshire

Rudin Newspaper #16b

23 1 February 12, 1825 "Daily National Intelligencer" Location: Washington

Rudin Newspaper #17

23 2 October 11 and October 13, 1831 "The Globe" Location: Washington, DC5

Rudin # S - 829, 786

8 5 July 19, 1834 "Niles' Weekly Register" - reports at length the anti-abolitionist riots of 1834 in New York City Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Rudin # S - 955

8 6 August 23, 1834 "Niles' Weekly Register" - reports on the three-day Philadelphia race riots Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Rudin # S -

8 7 September 27, 1834 "Niles' Weekly Register" - Facts on Slavery written with a positive view Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Rudin # S - 954

8 8 July 11, 1835 "Niles' Weekly Register" reports how the African King Boatswain brutally delivers slaves to the European traders Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Rudin # S - 787

23 2 August 18, 1836 "Newark Daily Advertiser" -detailed report of a fugitive slave case Location: Newark, New Jersey

Rudin # S - 988

23 2 May 2, 1838 "Daily National Intelligencer" Location: Washington, DC

Rudin Newspaper #17a

27 1840s-1890s Group of over 60 "Harper's Weekly" and "Frank Leslie's Illustrated" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 713

23 6 March 16, 1841 "National Intelligencer" Amistad case Location: Washington, DC

Rudin # S - 749

23 2 November 8, 1841 "The Daily Atlas" Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin Newspaper #17b

23 2 June 9, 1843 "Herald of Freedom" Published by the New Hampshire Anti-Slavery Society Location: Concord, New Hampshire

Rudin Newspaper #18

23 2 February-March, 1844 "The Louisville Daily Journal" five issues Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Rudin # S - 906

26 1 April 25, 1845 "The Liberator" liberated slaves Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin # S - 700

23 2 1839-1848 5 abolitionist newspapers "Pennsylvania Freeman" , "The Declaration of Independence" , "The cradle of Liberty" , "The True American" , "The Delaware Abolitionist" Location: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Delaware

Rudin # S - 676

23 6 May 11, 1850 "New York Daily Tribune" supplement Location: New York

Rudin # S - 792

26 1 June 1, 1850 "New York Daily Tribune" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 701

23 5 March 11, 1851 "Fayetteville Observer" Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina

Rudin # S - 830

23 3 February 14, 1852 "Gleason's Pictorial" Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin # S - 713

23 5 March 19, 1853 "The New York Weekly Tribune" eyewitness of a slave auction in Richmond Location: New York

Rudin # S - 811

23 5 1854 "New York Daily Times" three issues Location: New York

Rudin # S - 793

23 3 February 8, 1855 "Portland Pleasure Boat" Location: Maine

Rudin Newspaper #19

23 3 May 4 and 5, 1855 "Daily Union" Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rudin # S - 961, 1000

23 3 November 2, 1855 "Wilmington Journal" -Runaway Slave Notice Location: North Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #20

23 3 May 2-26, 1856 "The Louisville Daily Journal" five issues Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Rudin # S - 832

23 4 July 1856 "The Daily Picayune", 2 issues Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Rudin # S - 959

23 5 November 4, 1856 "New York Daily Times" slave auction in New Orleans Location: New York

Rudin # S - 762

23 4 January 18, 1858 "The Charleston Daily Courier" -Notice Regarding Issuing Slave Badges Location: South Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #21

23 4 June 12, 20 1858 "The Daily Journal" Location: Wilmington, North Carolina

Rudin Newspaper #21a, 22

23 4 March 19, 1859 "The Daily Picayune" Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Rudin # S - 1005

23 5 November 24, 1859 "Daily True Delta" slave auction advertisements Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Rudin # S - 841

23 6 March 14, 1860 "Daily True Delta" -Valuable Slaves at Auction Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Rudin Newspaper #23

23 6 May 4, 1860 "The Liberator" Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin # S - 750

26 1 June 2, 1860 "Harper's Weekly" slave ship engravings, wildfire Location: New York

Rudin # S - 682

26 1 June 23, 1860 "Frank Leslie's Illustrated" reporting 750 rescued slaves Location: New York

Rudin # S - 788

23 6 June 26, 1860 "National Anti-Slavery Standard" with voting ballot showing Lincoln winning Location: New York

Rudin # S - 834

26 2 August 25, 1860 "Harper's Weekly" Lincoln political cartoon Location: New York

Rudin # S - 757

26 2 September 8, 1860 "New York Weekly Tribune" fugitive slave shipped in box Location: New York

Rudin # S - 889

26 2 July 13, 1861 "Harper's Weekly" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 789

26 3 1862-1863 "Harper's Weekly" three issues Location: New York

Rudin # S - 752

26 3 February 1, 1862 "Frank Leslie's Illustrated" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 790

26 3 March 15, 1862 "The Pilot" Lincoln advocates gradual emancipation Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin # S - 711

1 April 16, 1862 The Daily Intelligencer- two pages, list of clamants petitioning the Emancipation Commission. Includes names and numbers of slaves Location: District of Columbia

Rudin # S - 209

26 3 May 10, 1862 "Harper's Weekly" slaves loading cannon Location: New York

Rudin # S - 910

24 1 1862 "National Intelligencer" ten issues Location: Washington, DC

Rudin # S - 753, 758

24 2 August, 1862 "The New York Tribune" Greeley's prayer and Lincoln's response Location: New York

Rudin # S - 771

26 4 August 2, 1862 "Harper's Weekly" Vicksburg Slaves Location: New York

Rudin # S - 962

26 4 August 12, 1862 "Leavenworth Daily Conservative" Location: Leavenworth, Kansas

Rudin # S - 815

26 4 August 19, 1862 "The Evening Post" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 709

26 4 October 2, 1862 "New York Observer" Commodore Foote Location: New York

Rudin # S - 873

26 4 December 5, 1862 "The Evening Post" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 710

26 4 December 27, 1862 "Daily Dispatch" Location: Richmond, Virginia

Rudin # S - 1002

26 5 January 4, 1863 "New York Herald" slave and free states Location: New York

Rudin # S - 759

26 5 January 31, May 9, 1863 "Frank Leslie's Illustrated" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 703

24 2 February 7, 1863 "New York Tribune" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 798

24 2 ca. 1863 "Southern Confederacy"

Rudin # S - 605E

24 2 May 2, 1863 "The Daily Guardian of Paterson, New Jersey" Location: Paterson, New Jersey

Rudin # S - 605F

26 5 May 15, 1863 "The Liberator" Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin # S - 912

26 5 July 4, 1863 "Harper's Weekly" Slave Gordon Location: New York

Rudin # S - 726

26 5 July 15, 1863 "New York Tribune" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 675

26 6 July 25, 1863 "Frank Leslie's Illustrated" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 838

26 6 July, 1863 "The New York Tribune" two issues, draft riot coverage Location: New York

Rudin # S - 668

1 July, 1863 "New York Daily Tribune" - six issues, draft riot coverage Location: New York

Rudin # S - 1042A-1042G

26 6 August 1, 1863 "Harper's Weekly" draft riots Location: New York

Rudin # S - 837

24 3 August 11, 1863; September 24, 1864 "The New York Herald" two issues Location: New York

Rudin # S - 736, 737

26 6 September 12, 1863 "Sacramento Daily Union" - White slaves of the south Location: Sacramento, California

Rudin # S - 1001

5 November 10, 1863 "Tri-Weekly telegraph", with advertisement for slave auction Location: Houston, Texas

Rudin # S - 1048

26 7 January, 1864 "New York Daily Tribune" 6 issues Location: New York

Rudin # S - 781

24 3 January 23, 1864 "Harper's Weekly" - Colored Troops Under Gen. Wild Liberating Slaves in North Carolina" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 560

26 8 January 30, 1864 "Harper's Weekly" Emancipated slaves Location: New York

Rudin # S - 888

24 4 April 8, 1864 "The Liberator" -Miscegenation and Amalgamation Articles Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Rudin Newspaper #24

26 8 July 9, 1864 "Frank Leslie's Illustrated" colored troops in action Location: New York

Rudin # S - 963

26 8 July 31, 1864 "The Daily Conservative of Leavenworth" Call to arms for colored men Location: Leavenworth, Kansas

Rudin # S - 605D

24 3 November 1, 1864 Lithographed Broadsheet in Commemoration of Emancipation in Maryland Location: Ringwalt and Brown Philadelphia Format: Lithograph

Rudin # S - 434

26 8 January 26, 1865 "The Charleston Mercury" Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 747

26 8 April 1, 1865 "Florida Union" Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Rudin # S - 795

26 8 May, 1865 "The New York Times" three issues Location: New York

Rudin # S - 611

24 4 December 19, 1865 "The New York Times" -Slavery Forever Dead in the United States Location:

Rudin Newspaper #25

26 9 December 29, 1865 Farewell Issue of William Lloyd Garrison's "The Liberator" Location: Boston Format: "News- Paper"

Rudin # S - 561

26 8 1866 "Harper's Weekly" two issues Location: New York

Rudin # S - 704

26 9 February 10, 1866 Harper's Weekly - Article and Picture of "Blind Tom" Location: New York Format: "News- Paper"

Rudin # S - 504

2 May 18, 1867 "Harper's Weekly" - The Horror of Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner Location: New York

Rudin # S - 1028

26 9 September 14, 1867 "Harper's Weekly" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 605C

2 1869 La Rue's Minstrels: the Model Troupe of the World Format: PRINT

Rudin # S - 485

24 4 1870s-1880s Harper's Weekly - Group of 10 Prints Location: New York

Rudin # S - 415

26 9 April 25, 1874 "Harper's Weekly" slave ship Location: New York

Rudin # S - 919

26 9 October 28, 1876 "Harper's Weekly" Location: New York

Rudin # S - 937

26 9 1879 "Harper's Weekly" five issues Location: New York

Rudin # S - 686

Series XII: Officers' Pay Vouchers 8 9 Pay Vouchers with servants listed (Zachary Taylor) 1846

Rudin # S - 84

8 10 U.S. Colored Troops pay vouchers (3) for officers with servants 1861-1865

Rudin # S - 45

8 11 Pay Vouchers (8) for officers with servants 1861-1865

Rudin # S - 45a

8 12 May 25, 1864 Pay Voucher for Lt John Floyd (65th Illinois Infantry) and his Black Servant Location: Louisville, Kentucky Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 507

Series XIII: Pamphlets and Printed Documents 17 16 1732 British Colonial American Act Making Lands, Houses and Negroes Liable for the Satisfaction of Debts Location: London Format: Imprint

Rudin # S - 526

8 13 1766 Legalized Slave Shipments from Jamaica Location: London Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 381

8 14 March 19, 1787 Extract from an address by Arthur Lee calling for the end of slavery Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 690

 17 15 May 31, 1787 An act to prevent the slave trade in acts and laws passed by the general court of Massachusetts Location: Massachusetts Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 691

8 15 October 24, 1791 America's first census report Location: Printed in Philadelphia Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 853

 8 16 1804 Address of the American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race Location: Philadelphia Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 596

8 17 January 14, 1817 American Colonization Society Petitions Congress to create a colony for free blacks Location: Washington, DC Format: Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 992

 8 18 January 8, 1821 Naval Pamphlet Requesting Bounty for Slaves Captured during War of 1812 Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 224

8 19 November 1829 American Colonization Society Booklet - "The African Repository and Colonial Journal" Location: Washington City Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 493

8 20 May 22, 1826 Suppression of the Slave Trade Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 272

8 21 January 20, 1827 American Colonization Society Speech seeking government aid for the Society Location: Washington, D.C. Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 204

34 1828-1850, 1867 Group of 29 Government documents dealing with slavery Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 634

8 22 1832 Causes that Lead to the Formation of the Colonization Society - Pamphlet Location: Philadelphia Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 245

8 23 January 4, 1832 Fifth Census-using the "3/5 Slave Rule" to Determine Representation in the House Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 266

8 24 1836 "Right and Wrong in Boston" - Report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society Location: Boston Format: Book

Rudin # S - 1015

 8 25 February 28, 1836 Broadside advertises Henry Muhlenberg defense of his house servant against fugitive slave charges Location: Reading, Pennsylvania (?) Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 1016

 8 26 March 1, 1836 Speech to the senate by Senator Preston, regarding the abolition question Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 871

 8 27 February 14, 1837; December 30, 1842 Government imprints relating to slave ship and creating the first US African Squadron Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 949

 17 17 October 17, 1838 American Colonization Society Printed Circular Letter - Convening 22nd Annual Meeting and Outlining New Constitution Location: Washington Format: Ptd Letter

Rudin # S - 347

17 18 April 19, 1839 Quaker Slavery and Abolition Broadside Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 326

8 28 1839 Abolitionist Booklet Illuminating the Quakers' Commitment to the Fight Against Slavery Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 563

8 29 1840 Congressional resolution authorizing circuit judges to surrender fugitives from justice Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 606C

 8 30 January 20, 1841 Granting Papers to Vessels Engaged in the Slave Trade Location: Washington, DC Format: Book

Rudin # S -273

9 1 September 14, 1841 Benedict's Statement on Conditions in Liberia Location: New York Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 365

 9 2 ca. 1842 Congressional pamphlet relating to the issue of black mariners arriving in South Carolina ports and facing imprisonment Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 580

 9 3 May 9, 1842 Speech of Francis Scott Key before the Colonization Convention Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 211

9 4 March 25, 1843 Funding the Shipment of Slaves to Africa Location: Washington Format: Ptd Letter

Rudin # S - 317

9 5 May 29, 1844 Third Annual Report of the Massachusetts Colonization Society Location: Massachusetts Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 354

17 19 November 1, 1846 Tavern Keeper's Bond, re: Will not sell liquor to slaves Location: Format:

Rudin # S - 8

9 6 1847 Circular for the "Free Produce Store" - "No Slave Labour products will be knowingly kept in his store" Location: N.W. Corner of Fifth and Cherry Streets Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 503

9 7 February 16, 1847 Resolution that Slavery be Prohibited in any New Territory that may be Acquired Location: The Legislature of Pennsylvania

Rudin # S - 583

9 8 1848 Passage of law enabling citizens of slave holding states to recover slaves escaping into non-slave holding states Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 606D

 17 20 August 15, 1848 Gerrit Smith Details his Position on Support for Anti-Slavery Candidates Location: Peterboro Format: Ptd CIRCULAR

Rudin # S - 582

9 9 April 8, 1852 Proposed state senate legislation to deal with "free Negroes and Mulattoes" Location: Maryland Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 630

 9 10 May 31, 1852 Circular of the Missouri Colonization Society stating its purpose and requesting funds Location: St. Louis, Missouri Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 927

 9 11 December 1, 1852 Putnam's Plan for the Formation of Rural Districts in Liberia Location: New York Format: Ptd Broadside

Rudin # S - 321

9 12 May 12, 1854 First Annual Report New York Anti-Slavery Society Location: New York Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 355

9 13 July 2, 1855 Fugitive Slave Broadside - Underground Railroad Location: Anti-Slavery Office Albany, New York Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 205

9 14 1858 Report of the 24th National Anti-Slavery festival Location: Boston, Massachusetts Format: Booklet

Rudin # S - 719

 9 15 March 1, 1859 "Instructions to the African Squadron" as to how to deter slave trade Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 833

 9 16 1860 Negotiation of a treaty with Great Britain for surrender of fugitive slaves Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 606A

 9 17 1860 The secession of South Carolina and the ordinance of secession booklet Location: Charleston, South Carolina Format: Booklet

Rudin # S - 706

 9 18 1860 "The Address to the People of South Carolina Assembled in Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States" Location: Charleston, South Carolina Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 851

 9 19 1860 "Statement of the Sugar Crop made in Louisiana, in 1859-1860" Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: Booklet

Rudin # S - 977

 9 20 1860 Statement of the Sugar Crop in Louisiana Location: New Orleans, LA Format: Booklet

Rudin # S - 540

9 21 1861 Anti-Slavery tracts, No. 15 - "The Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims" Location: Anti-Slaver Society, New York Format: Book

Rudin # S - 890

 17 23 June 15, 1861 Third Volume of "Vanity Fair" Magazine with Historical Black Theme Illustrations Location: New York Format: Magazine

Rudin # S - 429

9 22 April 29, 1861 Jefferson Davis's First Message to Congress: announcing the ratification of the constitution of the Confederate States Location: Montgomery, Alabama Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 990

 9 23 1862 Congressional Resolution: The Case of the Slave Vessel Bark Augusta Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 606B

 9 24 1862 "The Slave Power" Location: T.J. Crowen, Publisher New York Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 213

9 25 April 11, 1862 Slavery Abolished in Washington DC - Speech of Hon. E.H. Rollins Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 557

9 26 July 3, 1862 Civil War Circular dealing with freed blacks who remained on plantations to work Location: Beaufort, South Carolina Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 311

9 27 July 14, 1862 Lincoln's Bill to Compensate States for Abolishing Slavery Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 473

9 28 July 17, 1862 Before the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln Approves Congressional Bill That Frees Slaves - The Second Confiscation Act Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 477

 9 29 1863 Confederate Imprints (5)

Rudin # S - 44

 9 30 1863 "Public Laws of the State of North Carolina" Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Format: BOOK

Rudin # S - 536

9 31 1863 Confederate Report on Treatment of Slaves Working on the Fortifications Around Richmond Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 290

9 32 1863 Reports of suffering from the late riots in New York City Location: New York Format: Booklet

Rudin # S - 640

 9 33 January 7, 1863 Slavers capture - the slaves transferred to Liberia Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 812

 9 34 March 6, 1863 "A Thrilling Narrative from the Lips of the Sufferers of the Late Detroit Riot" Location: Detroit, Michigan Format: Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 1025

 10 1 June 27, 1863 Call to Arms to Colored Men to Join the Union Army plus A Plea to Private Citizens for Money to Help the State Meet its Overall Recruiting of Colored Troops Location: 1210 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 444

10 2 1864 "The Gospel of Slavery: A Primer of Freedom". Juvenile with 26 Engravings Accompanied by Anti-Slavery Verses Location: T.W. Strong New York Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 486

10 3 1864 "The First Dixie Reader to Succeed the Dixie Primer" Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Format: Booklet

Rudin # S - 717

 17 21 1864 Document Used to Appoint an Agent to Draft Slaves into the Confederate Military Location: Office of Chief Agent of Impressment Mobile, Alabama Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 483

10 4 February 1, 1864 Slave Compensation Imprint Pertaining to the Cost of Slave Labor to the Confederacy Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 559

10 5 February 17, 1864 Listing of over 900 slaves bought by the Government, then given emancipation under District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Booklet

Rudin # S - 836

 17 22 March 22, 1864 US Senate Bill 188 to Prohibit Commerce in Slaves Format: Ptd ACT

Rudin # S - 227

10 6 February 6, 1865 Jefferson Davis acknowledges the federal government’s passage of the 13th Amendment Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 891

 10 7 February 10, 1865 Confederate Imprint Authorizing Jefferson Davis to Organize Negro Troops for the Confederate Army Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 324

10 8 December 5, 1867 The Freed Slaves are Allowed to Vote - Statement of the number of white and colored voters registered in each of the states subject to the Reconstruction Acts of Congress Location: Washington, DC Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 572

10 9 December 14, 1868 Congressional imprint- reports on the Opelousas, Louisiana massacre of 1868 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 964

 10 10 1870 "The Registration of Voters Under the Act of Congress to Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment" Location: Parkersburg, West Virginia Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 984

 10 11 1870 "The Jim Mace Reciter or the Gem of Oratory" - black dialect pulp book Location: New York Format: Book

Rudin # S - 863

 10 12 1877 "Cotton Movement and Fluctuations 1869 to 1877" Location: New York Format: Book

Rudin # S - 537

10 13 1880 Broadsheet handbill with engraving of Blind Boone, selected concert selections, and biographical information Location: Bloomington, Illinois Format: Ptd Handbill

Rudin # S - 773

10 14 1897 Diecut book - "Ten Little Niggers" Location: New York Format: Book

Rudin # S - 742

10 15 1914 "The Literary Movement for Secession" Location: New York Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 872

10 16 1925 The Amenia Conference, and Historic Negro Gathering - WEB Dubois Location: Amenia, New York Format: Booklet

Rudin # S - 903

Series XIV: Patriotic Covers 35 Patriotic Cover album, containing 200 unused covers Format: Album

Rudin # S - 854

36 Collection of over 100 unused patriotic covers Format: Album

Rudin # S - 893

10 17 "Secession Cavalry"

Rudin # S - 230

10 18 Lot of Six Union Slavery-related Covers Format:

Rudin # S - 282

10 19 Five Union covers

Rudin # S - 373

10 20 Patriotic Cover - Depicts President Davis in Refrigerator with Slave Standing Along Side

Rudin # S - 482

10 21 Patriotic Cover - Contrabands Dancing Location: Murphy's Son, Printer New York

Rudin # S - 510

13 36a Envelope printed with Emancipation Proclamation

Rudin # S - 514

10 22 36 Union postal covers

Rudin # S - 645

10 23 Five covers using contraband images

Rudin # S - 702

10 24 "Contraband Barricade", "Jeff's Unbounded Ambition", "One of the Ends of Secession"

Rudin # S - 727

10 25 "The Southern Army as it Enters Washington", "The Downfall of Secession Treason!"

Rudin # S - 728

10 26 Five Confederate Covers

Rudin # S - 733

10 27 Four Union Covers

Rudin # S - 735

10 28 "The Snake of Secession"

Rudin # S - 739

10 29 "Music by the Contra-Band" - 2 copies, one with black ink and one with blue

Rudin # S - 764, 765

10 30 Three covers

Rudin # S - 794

10 31 Five slavery themed covers

Rudin # S - 809

10 32 Ten patriotic covers

Rudin # S - 884-886

10 33 Serpent "Secession" wrapped around a nude Columbia

Rudin # S - 892

11 1 "The Union Forever"

Rudin # S - 898

11 2 Cover showing the devil prodding and roasting Jefferson Davis over a grill

Rudin # S - 907

11 3 Cover to promote abolitionist cause

Rudin # S - 908

11 4 Eleven covers satirizing Davis and celebrating the waning days of slavery

Rudin # S - 909

11 5 Cover of Jefferson Davis hanging on a gallows "Long may HE wave"

Rudin # S - 911

11 6 "Virginia Begins the War"

Rudin # S - 914

11 7 "Free Speech at the South"

Rudin # S - 915

11 8 "Blood Money: Or How Southern Rebels Encourage Piracy"

Rudin # S - 916

11 9 "Bringing Down Secession"

Rudin # S - 918

11 10 Five contrabands approach federal General Butler

Rudin # S - 969

11 11 Cover displaying two renderings when card is turned

Rudin # S - 970

11 12 Two music-themed patriotic covers

Rudin # S - 1008

11 13 Five covers

Rudin # S - 1021

11 14 ca. 1834 British anti-slavery cover "God Hath Made of One Blood All Nations of Men"

Rudin # S - 995

11 15 1861 Devil seated on cotton bales with 18 line verse ensign with "Cotton is King"

Rudin # S - 738

11 16 1861 Caricature of an eagle battling the southern snake

Rudin # S - 740

11 17 1861 A wet-nurse anti-slavery union cover

Rudin # S - 808

11 18 ca. 1861 Slave Pen - Multicolor Magnus Location: Alexandria, VA

Rudin # S - 313

11 19 1861-1865 21 Union patriotic covers

Rudin # S - 122

11 20 Two Patriotic Covers 1861-1865

Rudin # S - 169

11 21 Patriotic Cover 1861-1865

Rudin # S - 174

11 22 ca. 1862-1865 Ten covers

Rudin # S - 642

11 23 ca. 1863 Confederate cover of a snake broken into 15 segments representing the states of the confederacy, captioned "Unite or Die"

Rudin # S - 933

11 24 ca. 1863 Contrabands of war

Rudin # S - 934

11 25 Contraband Envelope ca. 1863

Rudin # S - 85

11 26 April 9, 1865 Twenty-four patriotic covers, all postmarked Virginia

Rudin # S - 744

Series XV: Runaway Slave Documents 11 27 Capturing Runaways in Florida - An Account of Expenses Location: Florida Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 340

11 28 January 30, 1797 Three slaves kill sheep and hog and run away. They must be caught and treated with "severity". Location: White House Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 254

17 24 December 22, 1804 Document concerning runaway slave, signed Isaac Ford Location: Baltimore, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 79

40 21 October 14, 1807 Letter about slave girl who ran away Location: New York Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 343

17 25 April 18, 1808 Document Pertaining to a Runaway Slave who was Committed to Jail - With Attached Newspaper Clipping Location: Columbia, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 465

40 22 May 1, 1823 Runaway Slave is Sent Home Location: Philadelphia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 253

17 26 February 7, 1827 Underground Railroad Related Document - Fine is Levied for Harbouring Runaway Slave Location: Richmond County, Georgia Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 331

11 29 August 18, 1837 Newspaper Charge for Advertising Runaway Slave Held in Jail Location: Dahlonega, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 416

17 27 June 22, 1838 Slave Woman, Jenny Had Run Off - Asking if She Could be Caught and Returned Location: Raleigh Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 458

11 30 c. 1820-1840 Runaway slave broadside for woman named Jane Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 925

11 31 April 27, 1842 Runaway Slave Stowaway on Ship Location: Ponce (Puerto Rico) Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 285

11 32 Attempt to capture escaped slave Location: South Carolina Format: ALS 1850

Rudin # S - 65

17 28 1853 Runaway Slave Broadside Location: Virginia Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 175

11 33 1854 Writ for Runaway Slave Location: Maryland

Rudin # S - 111

 20 12 May 22, 1854 Runaway Slave Broadside for Henry Carroll Location: Maryland

Rudin # S - 821

 11 34 1855 Reward Notice for Runaway Slave Location: Missouri

Rudin # S - 26

 11 35 1856 Invoice for Capture of Runaway Slave Location: Mississippi Format:

Rudin # S - 106

 11 36 February 5, 1857 Bounty for Capturing Runaway Slave Location: Dinwiddie County, Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 496

11 37 1858 Underground Railroad Letter

Rudin # S - 33

 17 29 1860 Indictment for harboring runaway slaves Location: Tennessee

Rudin # S - 32

11 38 July 28, 1861 Letter Regarding Runaway Slave Location: West Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 113

 17 30 September 16, 1862 Harboring Runaway Slaves Location: Lumpkin County, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 386

11 39 November 16, 1862 Writes of Slaves Who Fled From Their Masters Location: Steam Boat "Tecumseh" Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 379

11 40 Union Soldier letter in which master kills a slave from Ft. Pillow, Tennessee Format: ALS February 24, 1863

Rudin # S - 82

 11 41 January 11, 1864 Writes That Four Slaves Have Run Away. (With Multi Color Floral Wallpaper Envelope) Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 378

41 3 1891, September 10, 1844 Ohio Land Grant for a Runaway or Freed Slave Location: Lucas County, Ohio Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 589

Series XVI: Sale, Hire, Purchase, Collateral Documents 17 31 Broadside - Gang of Thirty-Seven Negroes For Sale (In Families) Location: Florida Format: Ptd Broadside

Rudin # S - 402

11 42 September 20, 1731 Receipt for the sale of Native American man named Jack, signed Edmund Toppan and Edward Shaw Location: Hampton, New Hampshire Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 618

 12 1 September 27, 1758 New York Bill of Sale for a "Negro man, Cuffee" the British embossed revenue tax stamp Location: New York Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 978

 17 32 April 15, 1764 Slave Bill of Sale Location: Hartford Co., Conn/Schenectady, New York

Rudin # S - 120

17 33 October 7, 1768 Selling Rum and Slaves in Colonial New York Location: Newport, Rhode Island Format: Alabama

Rudin # S - 200

12 2 1776 Bill of Sale for two children Location: Maryland

Rudin # S - 19

 17 34 November 15, 1777 Slaves given as gifts to daughter and family Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 403

12 3 February 21, 1785 Bill of Sale for a Fugitive Slave who has run to Boston. Payment will only be made if the slave can be obtained. Location: Enfield Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 548

17 35 1792 Letter from John Chestnut, loaning slave to a poor woman Location: South Carolina

Rudin # S - 117

40 23 April 29, 1794 Sale of Man Named Davy for 70 Pounds

Rudin # S - 376

17 36 January 15, 1796 Deed of Gift of a Slave Location: North Carolina

Rudin # S - 116

40 24 November 14, 1796 Sale of Girl Called Sali, 18 Years Old

Rudin # S - 376

40 25 April 14, 1798 Thomas Clifford becomes a Five Year Apprentice to John Winter, a Wheelwright

Rudin # S - 376

40 26 May 7, 1803 Georgia Bill of Sale for Slave Simon Location: Wilkes County, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 436

17 37 October 12, 1804 Court Agreement to Make a Free Negro Child an Apprentice Until She Reaches the Age of Eighteen Location: South Eastern District of Campbell County Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 430

12 4 November 7, 1805 Slave Woman, Lydia, for 3.2 Pounds, 10 Shillings - 6 Year Term and She Can Go Free. Also, Boy Tom (9 Months) To Go Free after 29 Years, 3 Months

Rudin # S - 376

40 27 1806-1925 Two bills of sale for slaves, plus notes and photographs Location: Various Format: Various

Rudin # S - 801

 41 4 1806 Sale of Man Named Harry

Rudin # S - 376

12 5 1812 Receipt of Captured Negroes Location: Sierra Leone

Rudin # S - 4

 12 6 August 24, 1812 Slave Girl Given as Present Until She is 28 Years Old Location: Geneseo Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 327

17 38 1812 New York Slave Bill of Sale

Rudin # S - 51

12 7 1813 Slave Bill of Sale signed by Henry Clay

Rudin # S - 56

 17 39 March 2, 1813 North Carolina Illegal Slave Sale Document - Free Born Child of Color Offered for Sale as a Slave Location: County of Rowan Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 466

12 8 December 31, 1815 Free Negro Boy is Indentured by the Overseers of the Poor Location: County of Campbell Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 555

12 9 1821 Fees charged for selling three slaves, signed by Thomas Helm Location: Lincoln County, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 628

 40 28 May 8, 1821 Sale of five Negroes, Animals, House, Crops and Timber, all in One Lot Location: Bertie County, North Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 299

40 29 December 29, 1821 Sale-One Negro Man, Jerry, 21 Years Old to pay a debt of $200

Rudin # S - 376

40 29a December 31, 1821 Indenture, using two slave children as collateral for a debt

Rudin # S - 644

12 10 January 3, 1823 Slave Family Sold at Auction Location: Virginia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 252

17 40 November 24, 1823 Seizure of Three Slaves, One Wagon, Four Steers, One Horse to Satisfy a Debt Location: Alabama Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 478

17 41 September 13, 1824 Carolyn Shupp sells "One Black Man", a bed and other property to Elias Greshow Location: Frederick County, Maryland Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 858B

12 11 1825-1840 Slave Hire Journal, William Turner Format: Manu- Journal

Rudin # S - 322

40 30 1826 Indenture - $1000 Buys One Brick House and Lot of Ground Plus One frame House and Lot of Ground in Annapolis

Rudin # S - 376

17 42 January 22, 1827 An account of hire of men, farm and house of James Lakenan made by William Gardner Location: St. Louis, Mississippi Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 858A

17 43 September 8, 1829 Man Buys Slave Relative - Possibly His Son Location: City of Washington Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 412

40 31 February 15, 1830 Governor of Georgia Buys a Slave Location: Georgia Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 338

40 31a October 18, 1830 Rody, a free woman of color, buys her own daughter, a mulatto child, from James Whiteside, for the sum of two hundred dollars. Location: Georgia Format: DOCS

Rudin # S - 670

 17 44 August 3, 1831 Indentured Servant Agreement Location: Pickaway County, Ohio Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 388

12 12 October 18, 1831 Document of Slave purchased and freed by mother Location: Maryland

Rudin # S - 59

 17 45 1833 Detailing the Sale of 17 Slaves by Two Free People of Color Location: Iberville Parish, Louisiana Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 395

12 13 February 6, 1833 Receipt for Money Paid to Advertise the Sale of a Slave Location: Alabama Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 279

12 14 July 12, 1833 Bill of Sale for twelve year-old boy Location: Washington, DC

Rudin # S - 25

 17 46 November 18, 1835 Rebecca Jones Sells a Slave Named Tom to Riley C. Jones Location: North Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 478

12 15 November 11, 1836 Potential Buyer for a Slave Bricklayer Location: Louisville, Mississippi Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 240

12 16 December 5, 1837 Conveyance of two slaves to pay a debt Location: North Carolina

Rudin # S - 11

 17 47 1838 Debt levied on slaves and horses Location: Tennessee Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 150

17 48 June 23, 1838 Two children to be sold to cover a debt Location: Tennessee Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 112

12 17 March 8, 1839 Letter Requesting Payment to a Slave for Amount Due for Hauling Location: Love Spring, Tennessee Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 417

17 49 February 10, 1840 Legal Document pertaining to the sale and transfer of slaves Location: North Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 46

12 \18 January 1841 Manuscript Document, regarding Slave for hire Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 7

 12 19 April 6, 1841; 1843 Certificate of Title Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 147

 12 20 December 8, 1841 Preacher attempts to buy the wife of one of his slaves Location: Natchez, Mississippi Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 767

12 21 June 30, 1842 Power of Attorney to sell slave Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 102

 40 32 December 29, 1842 Natchez Courier Journal - Slave Auction Advertisement - Proof of Publication Location: Natchez, Mississippi Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 250

12 22 January 2, 1843 Slave Hire Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 330

17 50 February 7, 1843 Slave Bill of Sale for "mulatto" woman and two children Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 34

12 23 September 16, 1843 Letter giving notice of a sale of slaves at auction, one of whom wishes to be purchased by the addressee, who owns his wife. Location: Middlesex County, Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 289

12 24 1844 Female Slave Hire Location: Petersburg, Virginia Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 258

12 25 May 18, 1844 Bill of Sale for a Slave Family Location: New Orleans Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 502

41 5 April 4, 1845 Free man buys slave Location: Louisiana Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 188

 41 5a 1844-1845 "Negroes Wanted - The Cash is Deposited for the Purchase of a Few Likely Young Negros From 12 to 25 Years of Age - Enquire at the Sheriff's Office" Location: Sumterville, SC Format: Printed Doc

Rudin # S - 876

 12 26 May 22, 1845 Slave Owner Seeks to Sell One of his Child Slaves Location: Henrico County, Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 337

17 51 October 31, 1845 Slave buys his own freedom Location: Washington, DC Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 2

12 27 December 5, 1845 Payment for a Slave Working on a Chain Gang Location: New Orleans Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 520

12 28 ca. 1846 Supreme court case revolving around the sale of a sick slave Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Format: Ptd Pamphlet

Rudin # S - 987

 12 29 March 2, 1846 Bill of Sale for two four year- old children Location: Georgia

Rudin # S - 67

 12 30 April 10, 1846 Slave Receipt Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 10

 17 52 April 16, 1846 Inherited slave to be sold by heirs Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 38

17 53 April 24, 1846 Slaves for Collateral for a Debt Location: Washington, DC

Rudin # S - 24

12 31 March 19, 1847 Bill of Sale for a woman

Rudin # S - 20

 41 6 April 1, 1847 Sale of Eighty-Four slaves Location: Charleston, South Carolina Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 243

17 54 February 27, 1847 Buyer purchases five young women Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 778

17 55 July 23, 1847 Slave Bill of Sale for an Eleven year-old boy Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 28

12 32 September 25, 1847 Expense Bill for the Sale of Slaves including the Handbills, Advertising the Sale, etc. Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 468

40 33 December 20, 1847 Grandfather Deeds Granddaughter a Negro Child Location: Robertson County, TX Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 239

12 33 January 5, 1848 Alabama, Judgement for slave Bob keeping one dog contrary to law Format: MDS

Rudin # S - 1043A

12 34 January 31, 1848 Letter written to a woman slave dealer concerning the purchase of a cook and servants for a plantation. Location: Nashville, Tennessee Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 305

12 35 June 11, 1849 Receipt for the Purchase of Three Girls and their Passage to New Orleans Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: MDOC

Rudin # S - 298

40 34 November 15, 1849 Reverend Gooch Pursues a Debt that Might Involve a Slave in Payment Location: Logan County, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 569

13 1 March 22, 1850 Buying Slaves in 1850 Texas Location: Van Buren, Texas Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 546

17 56 February 19, 1851 Sale for "an unsound Negro" Location: Charleston, South Carolina Format: Ptd Docs

Rudin # S - 729

13 2 June 16, 1851 Missouri Sheriff's Slave Sale Broadside Location: Marion County, Missouri Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 433

13 3 November 11, 1851 Letter, Mississippi slave owner attempts to sell "Bill" Location: Format:

Rudin # S - 183

 17 57 December 23, 1851 One Slave, Two Mules, One Wagon, One Buggy and Harness to be Taken in Lieu of a Deb Location: North Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 478

13 4 1851; February 9, 1847 Two Slave Bills of Sale Pertaining to the Same Slave Woman Maria and Her Son, Charles - Sold Twice in Four Years Location: Augusta, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 494

13 5 April 12, 1852 Man Desperate to Buy-Back His Best Slave Location: Natchez, Mississippi Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 442

13 6 January 3, 1853 Sale of four slaves with printed newspaper ad Location: Florida Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 47

 13 7 January 14, 1853 Slave Hire Contract and time sheet Location: Mobile and Ohio Railroad Format:

Rudin # S - 185

 24 5 March 8, 1853 Slave Broadside - "Sale of Valuable Negroes!" - Annotated by Someone who Probably Bid at the Auction, but with No Prices Realized Location: Montgomery Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 501

13 8 March 28, 1853 Reward of a slave as a bonus for winning a lawsuit, signed RH Marr Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 650

 13 9 August 27, 1853 February 4, 1854 Pair of Slave Bills Purchasing a Black Woman named Betsy; by Two Different Owners Within Six Months Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 558

13 10 November 28, 1853 Purchase Order for a Male Slave and for a Cook Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 241

17 58 December 16, 1853 Hiring of 14 Slaves Location: Leon County, Florida Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 234

13 11 January 2, 1854 Partially printed receipt for hire of a man Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 620

 13 12 January 21, 1854 Availability of a Slave Woman for Sale Location: Augusta County, Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 208

13 13 July 18, 1854 Letter regarding the availability and going prices for female slaves, signed Stephen Westmore Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 936

24 5a March 8, 1853 Slave Auction Broadside: "60 Very Choice Sugar Plantation Hands" - Annotated with Prices Realized Location: New Orleans Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 500

 17 59 April 23, 1855 Slave Purchase Location: Butler, Alabama Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 328

13 14 August 3, 1855 Payment to Slave Auctioneer Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 349

13 15 October 31, 1855 Slave Broker Discusses the Sale of a Slave Family Location: Charleston, South Carolina Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 581

17 60 December, 1856 Bill of sale containing names and ages of 123 Georgian Slaves sold for $61,000 Location: Glynn County, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 1019

 13 16 1857 Slaves for hire Document, four girls Location: Florida Format:

Rudin # S - 54

 13 17 January 3, 1857 Female Slave Hire Location: Petersburg, Virginia Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 259

13 18 May 6, 1857 Slave Sale Notice Location: Herrick Co.?

Rudin # S - 180

 13 19 October 15, 1857 Slave-catcher's receipt for "Hunting boy Joe with dogs" Format: MDS

Rudin # S - 1043B

17 61 February 13, 1858 New Orleans Slave Sale Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 246

40 35 April 27, 1858- July 9, 1858 Newspaper Advertisements of Slave Auction Sales Location: DeSoto County, Mississippi Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 296

17 62 1858 Sale of Slaves Broadside Location: Missouri Format: Broadside

Rudin # S - 48

 13 20 July 4, 1858 Letter discussing sale of slaves and price of land Location: Lexington, Mississippi Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 651

 17 63 July 26, 1858 Document of Slave given as security for a bond Location: Tennessee

Rudin # S - 110

 18 1 1859 Bill of Sale by slave dealers Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 92

 13 21 1859 Plantation Inventory Listing Slaves Purchased Between 1829 and 1849 Format: MDoc

Rudin # S - 522

18 2 1860 Auction-Slaves for Hire

Rudin # S - 50

 18 14 January 14, 1860 Slave Auction Broadside - Sale of 28 Slaves Location: 161 Gravier Street, New Orleans Format: Ptd Broadside

Rudin # S - 256

13 22 March 14, 1860 Missouri Slave Bill of Sale for Louisa and Her Daughter Location: Bird's Point, Missouri Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 413

13 23 September 8, 1860 Pre-Printed Slave Sale Location: Montgomery, Alabama Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 371

13 24 September 17, 1860 Slave Auctioneer's Pre-Printed Bill of Sale for a Slave Girl Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 549

18 3 January 16, 1861 Debt covered by one piano and one slave Location: Tennessee

Rudin # S - 93

 18 4 September 2, 1861 Document divides slaves Location: Bourbon County, Kentucky Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 887

 40 36 1861; June 16, 1868 Certified Copy of Indenture recording division of slaves, cattle, land, etc. Copy signed by William Huff Location: Fort Bend County, Texas Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 578

13 37 January 8, 1862 Free black man, FW Hobson, requests authority to hire an African American Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 896

13 25 August 21, 1862 Agreement to pay a substitute confederate soldier with a slave Location: Texas Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 804

 13 26 September 9, 1862 Letter with Instructions for the Immediate Sale of Two Slaves Location: Howletts, Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 584

18 5 November 24, 1862 Slave Amanda and Her Children are Auctioned Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 210

13 27 December 11, 1862 Slave Impressment Receipt for Three Negro Slaves Who Worked Eleven Days Location: Russell County, Alabama Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 577

13 28 December 23, 1862 Pre-Printed Receipt for a Slave Girl Location: Atlanta, Georgia Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 383

13 29 1863 Receipt for advertising sale of slaves Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 121

13 30 March 30, 1863 Slave Bill of Sale-"Price to be determined at the close of the war" Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 72

13 31 May 6, 1863 Bill of Sale for a Slave Boy "who has run away with the Yankees" Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 459

13 32 May 11, 1863? Power of Attorney to Handle Monies due for Services of Slaves on the Defenses at Wilmington, North Carolina Location: Harnett County, North Carolina Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 362

13 33 June 9, 1863 Printed slave bill of sale - $5800 for five named slaves Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Ptd Doc

Rudin # S - 660

18 6 1864 Woman sells her slave Location: Texas

Rudin # S - 31

 41 8 April 1864 Document Approving Pay for "Contraband Teamsters" Location: Bridgeport, Alabama Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 400

13 34 April 7, 1864 Payment For Slave Made with Peas and Lard Location: Marion District, South Carolina Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 414

13 34A January 19, 1865 Mississippi Confederate slave impressment receipt Format: MDS

Rudin # S - 1040

13 35 January 8, 1865 Slave Dealer Offers Slaves for Sale Location: Salisbury, North Carolina Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 519

13 36 April 27, 1865 Freed slaves will have to labor for their livelihood Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 653

40 37 January 22, 1866 Nine Year Old Orphan "Freed Girl" Becomes Indentured Servant for Nine Years Location: Walton County, Georgia Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 470

13 36a September 6, 1875 Letter from Maria Banks (an ex-slave) to Mr. A.J. Stephens requesting money and employment Location: Norfolk, VA Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 514

4681 Bd. Ms. 1 1830s-1850s John Drake slave ledger used to record expenses for the purchase, hire, and "maintenance" of slaves 4681 Bd. Ms. 2 1818-1830 James Eppinger slave ledger used to record expenses for the purchase, hire, and "maintenance" of slaves

Also includes manuscript copies of a verdict and public statements surrounding a court case concerning disputes of Frederick Selleck vs. Isaac Ruckhill, James Eppinger, and Dr. John P. Berthelot of Savannah, Georgia, over a free black man and woman whom Selleck allegedly confined and possibly intended to enslave.

 Series XVII: Slave Dealers, Slave Trading 13 40 Slave Dealer Advertising Cover - Oval Printed Corner Card Location: New Orleans Format: ENV

Rudin # S - 513

13 41 June 1, 1785 Slave Dealer Letter to General Anthony Wayne Location: South Carolina Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 148

18 7 January 4, 1798 British Slave Trade Correspondence--"the profits outdo any South American Mine"

Rudin # S - 74

 41 7 January 15, 1808 Letter by two slave traders to their employer relaying information about a slave uprising in West Africa Location: Ship "Hibernia" Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 302

13 42 February 8, 1820 Slave Dealer Mentions the Slave Market and Refers to Two Slaves Who Have Run Away Location: Jackson, Mississippi Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 492

13 43 May 15, 1835 Slave Trader Letter Discussing Loans, Purchases and the Slave Market Location: Nashville, Tennessee Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 511

13 44 September 27, 1835 Slave dealer Joseph Meek describes high demand and rigors of market Location: Livingston, Mississippi Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 646

13 45 ca.1840-1860 Slave Auctioneers Handbill Location: Tennessee

Rudin # S - 177

18 8 December 1841-August 1842 Three Autographed letters from Israel Randall, re: slave trade Location: Brazil

Rudin # S - 107

 18 9 ca. 1843-1844 Extracts from "General Instructions from A.P. Upsur to Comdr. Perry transmitted to Lt. A. Lewis" Format: MDocS

Rudin # S - 306

13 50 December 21, 1843 Discusses Prospects of Opening a Slave Dealership Location: Mobile, Alabama Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 385

40 38 December 8, 1847 Letter from One Slave Trader to Another Requesting Slaves to be Sent on Consignment Location: Charleston, SC Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 556

14 1 August 21, 1848 Slave Speculator Wants to Make Sales Down South Location: Mayesville, Kentucky Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 344

14 2 ca. 1850 Slave Dealer's Business Card Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 104

14 3 1850s Slave Dealer's receipt book Location: Richmond, Virginia Format: Book

Rudin # S - 678

14 4 October 3, 1850 Slave Dealer's Letter, regarding current market Location: Virginia Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 66

14 5 October 20, 1851 Slave dealer FW Watson writes of potential slave purchases and problems with a sale Location: Dublin, North Carolina Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 993

14 6 January 27, 1852 Slave-seller allows families to remain together and the slaves to choose their new owners Location: New York Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 255

14 7 February 28, 1853 Plantation Owner's Letter, regarding " the state of the Negro market" Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 90

14 8 March 20, 1853 Slave Trader's Letter, regarding "Can you sell any plough boys for me?" Location: Alabama

Rudin # S - 70

14 9 January 5, 1855 Slave Dealer Letter to his partner--"Buy another little girl..." Location: Mississippi

Rudin # S - 103

14 10 September 23, 1856 Buying Slaves in the Deep South Location: Prairie Format: ALS

Rudin # S - 339

14 11 January 27, 1859 Slave Dealer's Letter, complaining about condition of slaves he wanted to sell Location: Mississippi

Rudin # S - 192

14 12 June 20, 1860 Letter from a Slave Auctioneer (Davis and Deupree)--re: seeks consignments of slaves Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 5

14 13 September 20, 1860 Slave Dealer's Price Listing Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 41

18 10 March 24, 1865 Slavery Letter, regarding trading men for cattle and cotton Location: Louisiana

Rudin # S - 1

 19 24 Letter and envelope from Slave Auctioneer (Davis and Deupree)--re: sale of slaves (Virginia) February 7, 1861 19 24 Letter from Slave Dealer (J. Winbush Young)--re: purchased slaves being sent to E.H. Stokes October 3, 1863 Series XVIII: Slave Taxation 40 39 January 2, 1839 Register- Tax on 14 Slaves Being Moved From GA to MD

Rudin # S - 376

18 11 1806 Slavery Tax Record Book Location: Maryland

Rudin # S - 153

 18 12 ca. 1815 Tax Ledger Showing Assessment Amounts on Slaves, Free Blacks, Livestock, Land and Personal Taxes Location: Cedar Creek, Sussex County, Delaware Format: Ledger

Rudin # S - 469

14 14 ca. 1840s Tax Ledger Lists Hundreds of Slaves Location: Alabama? Format: Ledger

Rudin # S - 432

14 15 1840 Slave Tax Receipt Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 16

14 16 February 1851 Tax Receipt for Slaves Location: Tennessee

Rudin # S - 81

14 17 February 12, 1852 Slave Tax Receipt Location: Adams County, Mississippi Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 229

14 18 ca. 1853-1854 Virginia Slave Tax Document

Rudin # S - 75

14 19 1856 Tax Receipt Location: Sergeant City of Petersburg, Dr.

Rudin # S - 91

14 20 1857 Virginia Tax Bill Includes Tax on 21 Slaves Location: Albemarle County, Virginia Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 391

14 21 1860 Tax bill Includes Tax on 15 Slaves and Freed Slaves Location: Albermarle County, Virginia Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 491

18 13 1858 Slave Taxation--Register of Births Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 43

 14 22 1862 Tax Receipt Location: Virginia

Rudin # S - 98

14 23 1862 Free Man Pays Tax on Himself and His Property Location: Albemarle County, Virginia Format: Ptd DOC

Rudin # S - 392

14 24 March 6, 1863 Tax Receipt for "6 heads of cattle…29 Slaves.." Location: Mississippi Format: Ptd DOCS

Rudin # S - 547

14 25 1864 Tax credit for stolen slaves Location: Mississippi Format: MDoc

Rudin # S - 55

Series XIX: Stereoviews, Photographs, Postcards and Trading Cards 14 26 African American Chimney Sweeps Stereoview Location: Savannah, Georgia Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 517

14 26A Two stereoviews of slave pens Location: Alexandria, Virginia Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 1050

14 26B African American child holding Kepi Location: Washington, DC Format: Carte de Visite

Rudin # S - 1051

14 27 Photograph of a Black Boy Preacher Location: Canal Street, New Orleans Format: Cabinet Card

Rudin # S - 590

13 36a Tinted carte-de-visite by J.P. Soule of G.G. Fish's work "Emancipation" Format: Carte-de-visite

Rudin # S - 514

14 28 The Conjoined Slave Twins - "The Two-Headed Nightingale" Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Format: CDV

Rudin # S - 370

14 29 3 postcards with African American baptism, Sheridan Home School, and cotton picking Location: North Carolina Format: Photo postcards

Rudin # S - 712

14 30 7 photographs of African American men women and children picking cotton Location: Tennessee Format: Photographs

Rudin # S - 818

14 31 Federal soldier with his young black servant Format: CDV

Rudin # S - 860

14 32 "All the Live Stock on Mr. Gill's Plantation after the Battle of Gettysburgh" Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 900

14 33 3 stereoviews of black field hands picking cotton Location: Mississippi, Georgia Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 1024

36 1778-1880 Fourteen Currier and Ives comic post cards, in color Location: New York Format: Post cards

Rudin # S - 731

14 34 March 18, 1854 Carte de Visite Photograph of Sumner Plus an AQS Location: Washington, DC Format: Photo

Rudin # S - 505

14 35 ca. 1860 Stereoview #1362 "Picking Cotton, Georgia" Stereoview #6946 "Morning Start in Cotton Field" Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 136, 137

 14 36 ca. 1860 Stereoview #6947 "Cotton Picking in Full Blast" Stereoview #6951 "Pickers Grouped in Cotton Blast" Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 138, 139

14 37 ca. 1860 Stereoview #9506 "We's Done all dis s'morning" Stereoview #6512 "Plowing the Field for Cotton" Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 140, 141

 14 38 ca. 1860 Stereoview #12479 "Cotton! Levee, New Orleans" Stereoview #V232341 "Plantation Pickers Work, Georgia Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 142, 143

15 1 1863 Young Slave Child Location: Hartford, Connecticut Format: CDV

Rudin # S - 270

15 2 1864 "Slave Auction" Location: New York Format: CDV

Rudin # S - 389

15 3 1864 Five views of the "Slave Children from New Orleans" Format: CDV

Rudin # S - 859

15 4 1864 Staged CDV tableau "Education is Wealth...slaves from New Orleans" Location: S. Tackaberry, New York Format: CDV

Rudin # S - 807

15 5 ca. Mid-1860s Photograph of Slave Children at Play - Photo Probably Taken on a Plantation in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area Format: Photograph

Rudin # S - 593

15 6 1880s Four theatre cards promoting "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Format: Ptd Cards

Rudin # S - 813

15 7 1880s Six uncut black farmer trade cards press sheet Format: Press sheet

Rudin # S - 816

15 8 1880s Four black trade cards depicting sports Format: Trade cards

Rudin # S - 913

15 9 1890s St. Louis beef advertisement featuring stereotype black dialect Location: St. Louis Format: Trade cards

Rudin # S - 947

15 10 1890 Black cotton warehouse workers numbering bales; worker outside a factory's cotton gin Format: Photographs

Rudin # S - 998

36 1892-1903 Twenty five stereoviews

Rudin # S - 604

15 11 1895 Elderly black man seated with a white female child on his lap Location: New York Format: Stereoview

Rudin # S - 971

5 Two prints of Africa Americans, titled "Gimme de Rine" and "Last One In's a Nigger" Location: McCrary and Branson, Knoxville Tennessee Format: Photograph prints

Rudin # S - 603

 15 12 ca. 1909 Eleven cards commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation Location: Germany Format: Post cards

Rudin # S - 931

15 13 ca. 1910 Color postcard showing African Americans toiling in a large field, titled "Picking Cotton" Format: Post card

Rudin # S - 796

15 14 December 5, 1914 "Kansas City Sun" promotional photograph of Jno. W. "Blind" Boone and his manager Format: Photograph

Rudin # S - 843

15 15 ca. 1920 Black American accordian postcards "Greetings from the Happy South" Format: Post cards

Rudin # S - 817

Series XX: Objects 4 Uncle Tom's Cabin bandana depicting scenes Format: Bandanna

Rudin # S - 938

 29 Meerschaum Pipe in the form of the head of a female slave, showing detailed coiffure and headdress Format: Pipe

Rudin # S - 698

29 Meerschaum Pipe carved head with beard and gold loop in right ear Format: Pipe

Rudin # S - 810

32 West African wrought iron slave 'coffle' Location: West Africa Format: Coffle

Rudin # S - 902

15 20 Token used to count the crop picked by hired cotton pickers Location: Halethorpe, Maryland Format: Token

Rudin # S - 685

32 early 1800s Pair of wrought iron "middle passage" slave shackles for a woman or a young man

Rudin # S - 875

28 Ca. 1820-1840 Runaway Slave Woodblock carving, with print Format: Woodblock

Rudin # S - 179

28 1833 One Cent American Colonization Token Format: Token

Rudin # S - 187

28 1846 Slave Auctioneer's Token, South Carolina Format: Token

Rudin # S - 172

28 1856 Slave Tag Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Rudin # S - 152

15 16 Anti-Slavery Token "May Slavery and Oppression Cease Throughout the World" Format: Coin

Rudin # S - 476

15 16A New Orleans slave plantation supply store token -authenticity questionable Format: Token

Rudin # S - 1029

33 ca. 1750-1850 Decorated Bracelet Token ("Manila") Used as Slave Barter with African Chieftains Location: Nigeria, West Africa

Rudin # S - 579

15 17 ca. 1800 Carved Carnelian Wax Seal Stamp for Letters - "Am I Not a Man and a Brother" Format: Seal

Rudin # S - 225

29 ca. 1820s Nine Three-Quarter Inch Buttons worn on Thomas H. Porter Slave Uniforms Format: Buttons

Rudin # S - 309

33 1840s Bracelet Token ("Manila") Used as Slave Barter with African Chieftains Location: Recovered from wreck of British Scooner Duoro

Rudin # S - 222

15 18 1860 Lincoln Token - "Not One Cent For Slavery" Format: Coin

Rudin # S - 202

15 19 1863 Anti-Slavery Token "Liberty and No Slavery" Format: COIN

Rudin # S - 475

15 21 1864 US Colored infantry Sutler token Format: Token

Rudin # S - 1022

15 22 1871 Lincoln medal commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. Copper. Format: Medal

Rudin # S - 855

31 ca. 1873 Uncle Tom's Cabin Parian Pitcher displaying scenes based on the story Format: Pitcher

Rudin # S - 800

37 ca. 1880 Antique folding stereoscope and magnifier. Includes stereoview of landscape. Format: Stereoscope

Rudin # S - 857

30 ca. 1880 Pair of Black Faced Meerschaum Smoking Pipes; One of Man with Slouch Hat; One of Man with Large Earrings Format: Pipes

Rudin # S - 374

33 ca. 1885 Cast Iron "Uncle Tom" mechanical bank, original paint Location: Philadelphia Format: Bank

Rudin # S - 766

29 1895 Frederick Douglass Memorial Spoon Format: SPOON

Rudin # S - 524

30 ca. 1900 Sterling silver spoon with Confederate theme. Location: Montgomery, Alabama Format: Spoon

Rudin # S - 966

39 19th c. Bobbing Head Slave Child Bank

Rudin # S - 699

SEPARATED MATERIAL Bound Items A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, slave codes, 1803. Rudin # S - 464 Slave Broker James Eppinger's Letterbook. 1818-1830. Rudin # S - 427 (now 4681 Bd. Ms. 2++) Slave Ledger Owned by Major John H. Drake. 1830-1850's. Rudin # S - 244 (now 4681 Bd. Ms. 1++) Acts of a General Nature, Enacted, Revised and Ordered to be Reprinted, at the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly of the State of Ohio, 1831. Rudin # S - 467 The Code of Virginia,1849. Slave laws. Rudin # S -528 Report of Naval Committee to the House of Representatives on Mail Steamships to Africa to Promote the Emigration of Free People of Color From the US to Liberia , 1850. Copy presented to William Seward and signed. Rudin # S - 396 The John Brown Raid - Robert E. Lee's Report Book , 1860. Rudin # S - 268 School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890, Edward A. Johnson, 1894. Rudin # S - 333 New York at the Cotton States and International Exposition,1895. Rudin # S - 529 Monarchs of Minstrelsy: From 'Daddy' Rice to Date, Edw. Le Roy Rice, 1911. Signed by Larry McMurtry. Rudin # S - 516 From Slavery to Wealth, The Life of Scott Bond , signed by Scott Bond and Dan Rudd, 1917. Rudin # S - 543 Hampton and Its Students, MF Armstrong and Helen Ludlow. Containing one of the earliest compilations of slave songs. 1875. Rudin # S - 748 First Report to the Cotton Planters' Convention of Georgia, on the Agricultural Resources of Georgia, Joseph Jones, MD. 1860. Rudin # S - 852 The New Book of Nonsense. In Aid of the Sanitary Commission. 1864. Rudin # S - 672 Book of Bubbles. In Aid of the Sanitary Commission. 1864. Rudin # S - 672 The Eighth Census, Preliminary Report, 37th Congress, 1860. Rudin # S - 874 A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a Public and Permanent Nature, as are Now in Force, with a New and Complete Index, 1803. Rudin # S - 870 Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass. His fourth autobiography. 1893. Rudin # S - 982 Ledger belonging to George Chapman, containing copies of wills, deeds and transactions, including slaves. Late 1600s-early 1800s. Rudin # S - 619 The Normal Song Book or Music Reader for Grammar and District Schools, Johnson and Osgood. 1851. Rudin # S - 1009 A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies, Marshal W. Taylor. Rudin # S - 1010 Beadle's Dime Song Book. Numbers 1-6 bound together. 1860. Rudin # S - 1013 The Singer's Own Book. 1841. Rudin # S - 1014 The New Man, Henry Clay Bruce, 1895. Rudin # S - 1032 Folk Song of the American Negro, John Wesley Work, 1915. Rudin # S - 1034 Plantation Sermons, or Plain and Familiar Discourses for the Instruction of the Unlearned, Rev. AF Dickson. Religious instruction intended for slaves. 1856. Rudin # S - 1036 The Draft Riots in New York, July 1863. The Metropolitan Police: Their Services During Riot Week. Their Honorable Record, David M. Barnes, 1863. Rudin # S - 1038