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African American Documents
The African American Documents is a small collection of documents and correspondence pertaining to Africans and their descendents in the Americas in the 18th and 19th centuries. Slavery materials from Rhode Island, Cape of Good Hope, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia include correspondence on the slave trade and slave cargos, assignments on chain gangs, bills of sale,
Christopher Robert Reed Papers
Christopher Reed (1942 - ) is an author and historian who specializes in the history of African Americans in Chicago. From 1987 to 2009, he served as a professor at Roosevelt University. Aside from his academic pursuits, Dr. Reed serves on the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and various community organizations on the city’s West Side. The Christopher Reed papers span
English, William H. Collection
William H. English (1822-1896) combined active careers in politics and business with an avid interest in the history of his native state of Indiana. An influential member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the House of Representatives from 1852 to 1860 and was a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1880. English aspired to write a history of
John Forsyth papers
Letter, from the Department of State, to Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia: Levi Ellmaker, Charles McAlister, Edward D[uncan] Ingraham, and Stephen Allen commissioned as directors of the Bank (1835 February 5, Letter signed, 1 page). Washington; Document to John Mills, U.S. District Attorney: transmit to you the documents sent to this Department by the
Judge Richard Parker papers
Legal and family papers, diary (1869), a bank book, and ca. 70 receipts. Topics include slavery, Parker's service in the U.S. House of Representatives, his work as a lawyer and judge, his sentencing of John Brown at Charles Town in 1859, and his support for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Includes a manuscript map of Major
Lincoln Collection. Cartoons, Drawings and Photographs
The Lincoln Cartoons, Drawings, and Photographs collection forms part of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana. The vast majority of the collection consists of cartoons, drawings, and lithographs from the American Civil War period.
Lincoln Collection. Currier & Ives Lithographs
This collection of lithographs from the Currier & Ives Printmaking Company forms a portion of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana. Images located here are related to Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War and issues in politics pertaining to this time and the antebellum north in the second half of the nineteenth century through caricatures of migrant African Americans.
Thomas Trent Plantation Account Book
Account book kept by Thomas Trent, a plantation owner in Buckingham County (now Appomattox County), Virginia.
William Taliaferro document
Letter to Charles C. Stuart...considers arrangement with Swain a good one...provided the payments are properly secured...Mr. Barton writes that he will meet them in Chicago to settle business relating to Carr claim...Expects to have trouble with enslaved people...Jacob, the enslaved man with him, refuses to return to Peckatone, unless in irons.