Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Abel D. Streight collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1266
Scope and Contents
This collection includes certificates regarding Abel D. Streight's service in the U.S. Civil War, including as a brigadier general (1861-1871), a portrait of Streight, and a photocopied article from the Columbus, Indiana Evening Republican, dated January 2, 1880, entitled "Ringing Letter from Colonel Streight, What He Thinks of the Exodus," and was reprinted from the Logansport Journal regarding his thoughts on formerly...
Dates:
1861-1880
American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority, Indiana Division collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1506
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of the Indiana Division of the American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority (ANECA). Included are newsletters, flyers, programs, press releases, church bulletins, and clippings relating to the organizations’s work and the Emancipation Proclamation Luncheon in Indianapolis, Indiana in December of 1962, and the Century of Negro Progress Exposition in Indianapolis during October, 1963. The clippings also contain articles on African American civil rights...
Dates:
1962-1963
American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority, Indiana Division photographs
Collection — Folder SP136
Identifier: SP136
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs related to the Indiana Division of the American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1962 to 1963, concerning the Emancipation Proclamation Luncheon on December 18, 1962 in Indianapolis, the presentation of an award to Izler Solomon in January 1963, the Indiana Division exhibit at the "A Century of Negro Progress" Exposition in Chicago, Illinois on August 18 and September 2, 1963, and the Indiana...
Dates:
1962-1963
Elk Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends (Wayne County) records
Collection — Folder S2223
Identifier: S2223
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the complete meeting minutes of the Elk Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends in Wayne County from its inception in 1843 to its conclusion in 1852. Minutes discuss group leadership, logistics, community outreach, and absolution from slavery--such as not consuming produce from slave labor.
Dates:
1843-1852
Isaac and Benjamin Beeson papers
Collection
Identifier: L354
Scope and Contents
This collection contains both personal and business records of Isaac W. Beeson
and Benjamin B. Beeson. There are many receipts, account sheets, order
forms and invoices for the business parts of the collection. There are also land records, indentures, deeds, and many
other legal documents. The personal portions
of the collection contain information in the form of letters, organizational meeting
minutes and notes, as well as essays written by Isaac and Benjamin about
different issues of their...
Dates:
1809-1945
John Tenbrook Campbell collection
Collection
Identifier: L258
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the writings of John TenBrook Campbell ranging from 1840 to 1909 and undated. They include a family history, papers relating to temperance, emancipation, and theology, poems, reports, surveys, and items related to other miscellaneous topics. Included in the collection are personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts sent to editors, and a photograph of John T. Campbell.
Dates:
1840-1909, undated
