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The Papers of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1804-1847

The papers consist of correspondence, parliamentary speeches, working papers, notebooks, and political pamphlets documenting the life and work of Thomas Fowell Buxton, nineteenth century abolitionist and reformer. The originals are in the Rhodes House Library, University of Oxford, England.

Tags: Antislavery Movements, Great Britain, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century, United States

The Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1696-1707

The papers include records relating to trade, industry, plantations, agriculture, ranching, immigration and settlement, the anti-slavery movement, politics, religion, and military affairs of Scotland and England. Personal papers, diaries, state documents, printed material, and the records of industrial and commercial concerns are also included in the papers. Additional information is availableonline.

Tags: Africa, Atlantic World, Caribbean, Eighteenth Century, Great Britain, Microfilm, Seventeenth Century

The Papers of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society, 1774-1916

The papers document the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society, the first formal abolitionist society in America. Included are minutes from 1787 to 1916, and the society’s large collection of manuscripts dealing with abolition, dating from 1774 through 1868. More information is available online.

Tags: Antislavery Movements, Eighteenth Century, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century, United States

Wilberforce: Slavery, Religion and Politics

The papers of William Wilberforce (1759-1833) and Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1802-1857). Series one reproduces the Wilberforce papers from the Bodleian Library, Oxford (50 reels). Series two reproduces the papers of William Wilberforce and related slavery and anti-slavery materials from Wilberforce House, Hull (16 reels). Detailed research guides are available.

Tags: Antislavery Movements, Eighteenth Century, Great Britain, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century, Religion

William Smeal Collection from the Glasgow Public Library, 1833-1893

The collection consists of minute books, cash books, a subscription book, and annual reports of the Glasgow Emancipation Society; minutes and other records of the Glasgow Freeman’s Aid Society; and other papers, pamphlets and reports relating to the anti-slavery movement in Glasgow, Scotland.

Tags: Antislavery Movements, Emancipation, Great Britain, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century

William Tecumseh Sherman Family Papers, 1808-1891

The papers consist of correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, legal papers, financial records, speeches, articles, and military papers relating to the career of General William Tecumseh Sherman, his father Charles R. Sherman, his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman and her family, and Sherman’s children. Filmed guide available.

Tags: Emancipation, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century, United States

Women, Emancipation and Literature: The Papers of Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, manuscript notes, and printed material documenting the life of Harriet Martineau. Among the noteworthy correspondents are Matthew Arnold, Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Samuel Courtauld, W. E. Gladstone, Robert Graves, Samuel Lucas, Lord John Russell, Maria Weston Chapman, and Henry William Wilberforce.

Tags: Antislavery Movements, Great Britain, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century