Black history collection
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1050
Subjects: Freedmen; Legal status,  laws; Slavery; Ship's papers; Abolitionists; Slaves; History; African American Participation; Slave trade; Slave records; Apprentices; Fugitive slaves; Emancipation; Registers of births; Vital statistics; African Americans
Description: Correspondence, court records, legal documents, slave deeds, financial records, writings, family papers, military records, birth records, inventories, wills, ship's papers, and marriage certificates pertaining to African Americans from the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century.  Topics include the slave trade, abolition, fugitive slaves, manumission, emancipation, and freedmen.
Notes: Open to research.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Gift, bequest, and purchase, circa 1900-1999.

Collection material in English, French, and Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.

Includes a receipt book (1851 February 6-1853 May 23) of Lewis C. Robards that was formerly cataloged separately.