Beginning fitfully in the seventeenth century, both pro-slavery and antislavery sentiment grew side by side in the region. New England bears the peculiar historical distinction of being both a center of the slave trade and a center of early opposition to it. The holdings include speeches, sermons, proceedings and other publications of organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society and the American Colonization Society, and a small number of pro-slavery tracts. For more information on this program and other research by Mellon Scholars, click here.The Antislavery Collection contains several hundred printed pamphlets and books pertaining to slavery and antislavery in New England, 1725-1911. Mellon Foundation through the Hope College Mellon Scholars Program. This research is proudly funded by the Andrew J.
To take a closer look at our research, explore the “Portfolio” tab or click here. Our research on the Anti-Slavery Almanac is driven primarily by questions regarding attitudes toward slavery and abolitionism along lines of gender, religion, and geographical location. Includes sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmens testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery. You can access the online American Anti-Slavery Almanac here. Senate (1847-1851), and served as a delegate to the National. The physical almanac is located at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. He served in New Haven and Connecticut politics (1826-1838), established a national reputation for his anti-slavery defense of slaves in the Amistad case (1839-1840), was elected governor of Connecticut (1844-1845), accepted the appointment and subsequent election to the U.S.
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On the NYPL website (which is free and accessible to the public) they describe it by stating “ This digital compilation was developed in support of the NYPL website, “The African American Migration Experience,” a sweeping 500-year historical narrative from the transatlantic slave trade to the Western migration, the colonization movement, the Great Migration, and the contemporary immigration of Caribbeans, Haitians, and sub-Saharan Africans”.Īs for the data itself, the American Anti-Slavery Almanac is a collection of Abolitionist pamphlets published in Boston between 1836-1844 compiled into one almanac. Consists mainly of correspondence among American abolitionists, including many letters to Samuel Joseph May. Our data set is the American Anti-Slavery Almanac from the New York Public Library digital collections. New England Anti-Slavery Society: Founded by William Lloyd Garrison, this was one of the earliest American anti-slavery organizations formed. This website showcases a yearlong research project conducted by Hope College Mellon Scholars.
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