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Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the Subject of Slavery. [Read for Him by the Hon. Mr. Mason, March 4, 1850.]

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850; Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 ([Washington], 1850-03-04)

Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the Subject of Slavery : [Read for Him by Hon. Mr. Mason, March 4, 1850]. Washington. (1850)

The Suicide Of Slavery. Speech Of Hon. Eli Thayer, Of Massachusetts. Delivered In The House Of Representatives, March 25, 1858. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 25, 1858.

Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899 (Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, printers, 1858-03-25)

The Suicide Of Slavery. Speech Of Hon. Eli Thayer, Of Massachusetts. Delivered In The House Of Representatives, March 25, 1858. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 25, 1858. Buell and Blanchard, Printer. 1858. ...

Address To The People Of The United States, Prepared By John M. Berrien, And Reported By The Committee Of Fifteen As A Substitute For The Address Reported By J. C. Calhoun

Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856 (Washington D.C. : Towers, printer, 1850)

Speech of Georgia Senator John MacPherson Berrien (1781-1856) to the Senate regarding the Compromise of 1850. Printed manuscript, Washington D.C., c.1850.

Southern Sectionalism, Speech Of Hon. John Hickman, Of Penn. Delivered In The U.s. House Of Representatives, May 1, 1860

Hickman, John, 1810-1875 (1860)

Speech. Democrat Hon. John Hickman of Pennsylvania argues against succession in the U.S. House of Representatives, May 1, 1860.

Slavery and Its Tendencies. A Letter from General J. Watson Webb to the New York Courier and Enquirer

Webb, James Watson (Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, printers, 1856-05-24)

A letter by James Watson Webb (1802-1884) to newspapers addressing the Sumner-Brooks Affair, published May 24, 1856.

Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes

Odum, Howard W. (American Journal of Religious Psychology and Education, 1909)

This is a reprint of Odum's 1909 dissertation for Clark University which first appeared in the American Journal of Religious Psychology and Education. This reprint seems to have been done in the same year and is thus one ...

Conscription, of Secession. A Lecture, bv Tilqhman R. Vestal

Vestal, Tilqhman R. (Little Compton, R.l: Press of P.F. Littie, 1866)

"The subject includes unparalleled experience among the Rebels. The Lecturer was conscripted three times but sturdily refused to bear arms, in cgnsequence of which, various punishments were inflicted. The most important ...

Letter From The Secretary Of The Treasury, Presenting, In Pursuance Of A Resolution Of The House Of Representatives Of The Eighth Instant, A Statement Of The Valuation Of Lands, Lots, Dwelling Houses, And Slaves. February 15, 1816.

Department of the Treasury, United States (Washington DC: William A. Davis, 1816)

"February 15, 1816, read, and ordered to lie upon the table." Letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, dated Treasury Department, February 13th, 1816. Consists of a covering letter and a list, by states, of the amount ...

Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting, In answer to a Senate resolution of July 20, 1876, information in relation to the slaughter of American citizens at Hamburgh, S.C.

Grant, United States (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1876)

Senate Document No. 85 of the 44th Congress, 1st Session. Detailed report and interviews of survivors of the massacre. In an attempt to interrupt black people from voting, white paramilitary groups attacked black national ...

Tales My Father Told

Brown, Hallie Q. (Wilberforce, Ohio: Eckerle Printing Co., 1925)

Very recently the Monongahela House of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was torn down to make room, in the onward march of Time, for more modern and commodious structures. This hostelry stood the storm and stress for nearly a ...

Slavery and the Remedy; or Principles and Suggestions for a Remedial Code

Nott, Samuel (D. Appleton and Company, 1857)

”Fifth edition: with a review of the decision of the supreme court in the case of Dred Scott.” First edition published after Dred Scott, with a review of the case. Nott is an apologist for the court. Reminds readers of the ...

Slavery and the Domestic Slave Trade in the United States by the Committee Appointed by the Late Yearly Meeting of Friends Held in Philadelphia in 1839

Unknown author (Merrihew and Thompson, 1841)

Slavery and the Domestic Slave Trade in the United States by the Committee Appointed by the Late Yearly Meeting of Friends Held in Philadelphia in 1839. Includes excerpts from Joseph John Gurney’s Familiar letters to Henry ...

The Negro Problem Insoluble by Present Methods

Woodworth, C.L. ((Watertown, MASS.: Atlanta University, 1890), 1890)

Woodworth, C.L., The Negro Problem Insoluble by Present Methods (Watertown, MASS.: Atlanta University, 1890). African Americans -- Education United States -- Education -- Training Schools African Americans -- Missions ...

Thirteenth Annual Report of the Association for the Religious Instruction of the Negroes in Liberty County, Georgia

Jones, Charles Colcock (Edward J. Purse, Printer No. 102, 1848)

Thirteenth Annual Report of the Association for the Religious Instruction of the Negroes in Liberty County, Georgia By Charles Colcock Jones (missionary). Moral Discipline and Culture of the Negros -- The Baptists -- ...

A Plain Statement Addressed to All Honest Democrats by One of the People

Moody, Loring (Boston: Published By John P. Jewett & Company., 1856)

A political monograph and campaign literature attributed to abolitionist Loring Moody of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society addressing Democrats during the 1856 election campaign. Anti-slavery literature -- United ...

Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia: in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to authorize circuit judges of the United States to surrender fugitives from justice

General Assembly, Georgia; United States, Committee on the Judiciary Congress (Blair & Rives, printers, 1840-03-11)

Georgia. General Assembly.,(1840). Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia: in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to authorize circuit judges of the United States to surrender fugitives ...

Disunion Our Wisdom And Our Duty

Hodges, Charles E. (American Anti-Slavery Society, 1855)

Disunion our wisdom and our duty. By Rev. Charles E. Hodges. ... Hodges, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1824-1870. Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 11. (American Anti-Slavery Society: [New York], 1855). The American Anti-Slavery ...

The American Missionary, January 1883

Washburn, William B. (American Missionary Association, 1883-01)

This issue has articles with African-American interest on Training Colored Girls, Avery Normal Institute, The Georgia Association, The Central South Association along with editorials on work among freedmen and many articles ...

The Countryman. September 29, 1862

Turner, Joseph A. (Joseph A. Turner, 1862-09-29)

The Only Confederate Newspaper To Be Published On A Southern Plantation. The Countryman. Tumwold , Putnam County, Georgia. September, 1862. A fascinating weekly Confederate newspaper. It is the only newspaper published on ...

The Views Of Judge Woodward And Bishop Hopkins On Negro Slavery At The South, Illustrated From The Journal Of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation

Kemble, Frances Anne (Democratic State Central Committee, 1863)

Kemble, Mrs. Frances Anne (Late Butler). The Views Of Judge Woodward And Bishop Hopkins On Negro Slavery At The South, Illustrated From The Journal Of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation. "The next objection to the Slavery ...

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