Slavery
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Lew Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: L043
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Richard Lew Dawson ranging from 1857 to 1921, including: drafts of his larger poetry and essay collections; original handwritten stories, poems and music; editorials and newspaper columns written by Dawson; and advertisements and programs from his speaking engagements. Also included in the collection is a series of newspaper articles regarding the history of the modern calendar, together with Dawson's own homemade perpetual calendar. The correspondence...
Dates:
1857-1921
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Lew Dawson papers
Richard M. Milburn collection
Collection — Folder S0951
Identifier: S0951
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one typed letter, dated September 28, 1907, written by Richard M. Milburn regarding an article he is researching on slavery in Indiana.
Dates:
1907/09/28
Slavery speech
Collection — Folder S2582
Identifier: S2582
Scope and Contents
The item appears to have been handwritten hastily in pencil on a sheet of paper. The fragment is 8 3/4" in height and 8" in width.The top portion of the page is torn. Transcription of fragment: "... Slavery ...and the ... would have perished beneath the weight of its own crime again[s]t humanity. And when we raise a column to perpetuate the glory of the Indiana Sold[i]ery in the war for the perpetuity of the nation, we should at lea[s]t consecrate the pedestal to the memory of our...
Dates:
circa 1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Slavery speech
