AFST 101: Introduction to Africana Studies (HC)

Memoir by Frederick Douglass

By Harriet Jacobs

An evangelical Black woman, born enslaved in the mid-18th century. She traveled and held prayer meetings in various US states and Canada.

Freed in 1820, Dinah later moved to Philadelphia.

"to which is subjoined the epistle of the Society of Sierra Leone in Africa, &c."

By William Wells Brown. Published 1867.

By William Wells Brown. Published in Boston in 1874.

Published in Boston in 1856.

Coates was a Philadelphia merchant and publisher who was also active in the educational reform and abolition movements. He was a member of the American Colonization Society, which established Liberia as a colony for African-Americans in West Africa. This collection includes Coates's correspondence about Liberia and resettlement, including from the President of Liberia and from Frederick Douglass.

By Charles Paxson.
Published 1863 to 1864.
Four carte de visite photographs.

Using images and stories of enslaved children separated from their families or mistreated by their owners, this book attempted to show that Black and white children should be treated similarly.

Partly written as a reply to a pamphlet by a West India enslaver.

Written by Thomas Clarkson, a prominent British abolitionist.

This essay was written by Elihu Burritt.

This address was published by the Anti-slavery Convention of American Women in Philadelphia during 1838.

"and for the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the condition of the African race: also, A list of those who have been elected members of the society"

The society was founded to help formerly enslaved people who had moved to Canada. Included are minutes and treasurer's records from 1852-3.

This collection is comprised of two volumes, one from the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and one from its Burlington County branch. They both contain minutes. The state Society provided nominations of members to the county groups, as well as created rules, by laws, and constitutions to run those organizations.

Philadelphia, 1838.
"To the people of color in the state of Pennsylvania": 8 p. at end.

Philadelphia, 1792.

Philadelphia, 1849

1843

This book of minutes covers 1845 to 1852 for the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Free Produce Association.

Members of the Allinson family were involved in the abolition movement, and the collection includes materials from their membership in the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, mostly from the late 18th century, as well as manumissions of enslaved people. Some of the correspondence, particularly that of Samuel Allinson, also deals with issues of slavery.

This volume records the manumissions of enslaved people for various members of Abington Monthly meeting. The Manumissions include a statement describing who the enslaver is freeing, and why, and includes the signatures of the enslaver and their witnesses.

Manumissions collected by the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting from its member meetings.

Manumissions by enslavers who were members of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.

Manumissions by enslavers who were members of Blackwater Monthly Meeting, part of Baltimore Yearly Meeting.