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Thomas Wentworth Higginson collection of correspondence regarding John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry
Collection — Multiple Containers
Call Number: MS E.5.1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence collected by Thomas Wentworth Higginson relating to the abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859) and the armed rebellion led by Brown at the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia (later, West Virginia). Correspondence spans the years 1847 to 1904, with the bulk of materials dating between the years 1858 to 1860. Topics discussed include raising money in support of the raid and Brown’s subsequent trial; issues with Hugh Forbes and preparations for the...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1847-1860
E. A. Phelps British Anti-Slavery Society Papers
Collection — Container: MS ACC 1044-1055
Call Number: MS Acc 1044-1055
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the eleven resolutions written in 1845 in response to the imprisonment of any abolitionist who assisted a runaway slave in the southern United States. Composed by various committees of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, they were meant as encouragement for abolitionists in the United States to continue despite the hardship. The resolutions reject slavery as an institution and refer to both the Declaration of Independence as well as Christian beliefs. Also...
Dates:
1845
