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Slavery

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Adams, Charles Baker (AC 1834) - two letters, 1837-1838

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1837-1838
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Bacon, George Ferdinand (AC non-grad 1837) - three letters, 1834

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1834
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Charles Upham Shepard (AC 1824) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00075
Abstract

Botanist, mineralogist, natural historian. Collection consists primarily of letters regarding Shepard's mineral collection, and also includes a few notebooks, a bound volume of pamphlets and miscellaneous other materials.

Dates: 1826-1881
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Collection of Documents Concerning Slavery in the United States

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00400
Abstract

Eight folders of material concerning slavery, including newsclipping, bills of sale for enslaved persons, certificates of freedom, and court case documents.

Dates: 1808-1866
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Dewar, David to George Sibbald, and related document, 1796 August 3, 1796 October 11, 1796 November 18

 File — Box 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents Two letters and one statement:Letter 1: Capt. David Dewar [of brig "Eagle" and others], writing from Lucea], Jamaica, re his dire situation: "I wrote you the 1st inst. by Capt. Irwin from whch. will find the very disagreeable situation in whch. I now am. At Montego bay I was not able to procure one sailor and on my return here I found another of my people dead -- what to do I know not. I am here in a strange place, without a dollar in my pocket, or an acquaintance...
Dates: 1796 August 3; 1796 October 11; 1796 November 18
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / George Sibbald Papers / Series 1: Correspondence and Documents Related to George Sibbald and Family / Sub-series B: Incoming Correspondence and Documents Related to George Sibbald / 1796

Fisher, Milton Metcalf (Non-grad AC 1836) - letter: Medway, to Ephraim Lincoln Wood, Amherst, Mass., 1900 December 28

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1900 December 28
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

George Sibbald Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MA.00274
Abstract The George Sibbald Papers contain correspondence and documentation related to the life and businesses of merchant George Sibbald (lived circa 1756 - 1810). The material illuminates aspects of his dealings as a dry goods merchant along the Atlantic seaboard and in the West Indies, as a land speculator in Georgia, and as a merchant and plantation owner in Florida during the last period of Spanish control.The Papers also contain correspondence and documents of other individuals in...
Dates: circa 1740-1894; Majority of material found within 1790-1810
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Heman Humphrey Sermons

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00212
Abstract

A collection of Humphrey's sermons in holograph and one bound volume of sermons published as pamphlets between 1813 and 1861. The collection includes his printed sermons on temperance, slavery and Native American rights.

Dates: 1813-1861
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Henry P. Moore, 21 mounted photographic prints of Civil War scenes. , 1862-1863

 File — Box 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the papers consist of Dyer's many articles and stories. These published works are from the following magazines: Household, The Art World, Country Life in America, the Country Gentleman, The Antiquarian, The Fine Arts, Yankee, Antiques, Our Dumb Animals, Colliers, Holland's Magazine, Top Notch, The Woman's Magazine, The American Magazine, Own Your Own Home, The Bookman, The Adult Bible Class Magazine, Home Magazine, House Beautiful. The papers also include many book reviews of...
Dates: 1862-1863
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Walter Alden Dyer (AC 1900) Papers / Series 11: Civil War Photographs by H.P. Moore

"Intemperance and the slave trade", 1828 July 4

 File — Box 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

A collection of Humphrey's sermons in holograph and one bound volume of sermons published as pamphlets between 1813 and 1861. The collection includes his printed sermons on temperance, slavery and Native American rights.

Dates: 1828 July 4
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Heman Humphrey Sermons / Series 2: Printed Pamphlets

Israel E. Trask Papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: Trask1]
Identifier: MA.00339
Abstract

The Israel E. Trask Papers document the professional and personal life of Israel E. Trask (1773-1835), early Amherst College Trustee (1821-1835) and Mississippi plantation owner.

Dates: 1812-1855; 1938
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Kilty, William to George Sibbald, 1798 July 24

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents William Kilty writing from Annapolis, MD, to Sibbald in Augusta in regard to a land transaction with [J.] Griffith and others; activity re J. Hanson's estate [Sibbald's brother-in-law, relative to the estate of William Hanson], and about Sibbald's interest in buying a boy and girl to replace an older slave woman he intends to free. Kilty questions the "inconsistency" in Sibbald's reasoning: "You are the best judge of the conveniences that your family stands in need of, but there appears to...
Dates: 1798 July 24
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / George Sibbald Papers / Series 1: Correspondence and Documents Related to George Sibbald and Family / Sub-series B: Incoming Correspondence and Documents Related to George Sibbald / 1798

Long, Josiah Holloway (AC 1845) - Marion, Ala., six letters to Mr. William Seymour Tyler and Mrs. Amelia Ogden Tyler, 1845-1847

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 85
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1845-1847
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

[Malby, Thomas?] to [George Sibbald], 1805 February 18

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents Very uncertain signature -- possibly Thomas Mally or Malby -- writing from Augusta to unspecified party then temporarily in Savannah: the content (esp the land-related information) suggests the recipient is George Sibbald.The first part of the four-page letter is regarding the legal and physical difficulty in sending a Black woman and her children to the letter recipient. The woman will not go without her children, and both she and they are "attached" to others, including...
Dates: 1805 February 18
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / George Sibbald Papers / Series 1: Correspondence and Documents Related to George Sibbald and Family / Sub-series B: Incoming Correspondence and Documents Related to George Sibbald / 1805

March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845) - sixteen letters: Easton, Pa., to Jerome R. Brigham (AC 1845), Milwaukee, Wisc., 1857-1876

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 70
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1857-1876
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

"Missouri Compromise", 1854 February 27

 File — Box 3, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

A collection of Humphrey's sermons in holograph and one bound volume of sermons published as pamphlets between 1813 and 1861. The collection includes his printed sermons on temperance, slavery and Native American rights.

Dates: 1854 February 27
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Heman Humphrey Sermons / Series 2: Printed Pamphlets

Notes on Slavery, undated

 File — Box 29, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a large Section 1, Correspondence, includes many letters to Garman from former students and a substantial amount of personal correspondence in the Miner family (Mrs. Garman's family). Section 2, Papers Pertaining to Garman, Sub-section A, Writings of Garman, contains original papers and essays written by Garman. Section 3, Pamphlets Used in Garman's Classes contains the written material which Garman had printed himself and distributed to his students. He was very...
Dates: undated
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Charles E. Garman (AC 1872) and Eliza Miner Garman Family Papers / Series 2: Papers Pertaining to Garman / Sub-series A: Writings of Garman

Pierce, Edwin Willard (AC 1838) - Amherst College, to Mrs. M.R. Dean (his sister), Newburyport, Mass., 1837 July 24

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1837 July 24
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Series 11: Civil War Photographs by H.P. Moore, 1862-1863

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the papers consist of Dyer's many articles and stories. These published works are from the following magazines: Household, The Art World, Country Life in America, the Country Gentleman, The Antiquarian, The Fine Arts, Yankee, Antiques, Our Dumb Animals, Colliers, Holland's Magazine, Top Notch, The Woman's Magazine, The American Magazine, Own Your Own Home, The Bookman, The Adult Bible Class Magazine, Home Magazine, House Beautiful. The papers also include many book reviews of...
Dates: 1862-1863
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Walter Alden Dyer (AC 1900) Papers

William Augustus Stearns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00120
Abstract

This collection contains a small body of correspondence, biographical material and other general material related to William A. Stearns and his family. The bulk of the collection consists of Stearns's sermons in manuscript form. The correspondence is mostly personal letters to and from members of Stearns's family, but there are some letters from Stearns to others, a group of anti-slavery letters and documents, and some religious documents pertaining to Stearns's ministry.

Dates: 1801-1875
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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