Letter from George Waters, Holden, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus P...
George Waters write Amos A. Phelps about the sentiments of several ministers in the vicinity of Holden, concerning anti-slavery. He writes of Revered Alisha Scanson of Southborough who "professed himself Anti-S... More
Letter from Mrs. Mary Welsh, Montpelier, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Mar...
Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Letter from Joseph Lupton, Leeds, [England], to Samuel May, November 8...
Lupton informs May that he is sending a box of contributions for the Anti-Slavery Fair. He apologizes for its small size, saying that there are so many other charitable demands on the people of Leeds that the a... More
Letter from John Goings, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, ...
John Gorings writes to Samuel May reporting that they "had a very interesting meeting here on Sunday last and [a] very crowded house all day," however "a great many were disappointed in not hearing Miss [Sallie... More
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Mary ...
James Miller McKim writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his voyage back to the U.S. with Richard Davis Webb and of his time in New York before his return to Philadelphia. He writes of his editor of the "Pen... More
Behind the scenes during American Civil War
Another venomous attack on the Lincoln administration by the artist of "The Commander-in-Chief Conciliating the Soldier's Votes, no. 1864-31," and "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," (no. 1864-3... More
[Head-and-shoulders portrait of Frederick Douglass]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison accepting his invitation to call on her. Rawson informs Garrison that there are many trains available to reach Sheffield and if he notifies her what time he shoul... More
Letter from Eliza Wingham and Jane Wingham, Glasgow, [Scotland], to Wi...
Eliza Wigham and her stepmother, Jane Wigham, write to William Lloyd Garrison expressing their regret that although they cannot be "present at the gathering of friends tomorrow in Liverpool" they wish to thank ... More
Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's ...
Notation on verso: "Louisa Alcott." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics, New Paltz, New York, June 2016. Forms part of: Li... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison inviting him to the antislavery convention to take place on January 7-9, and requests that should Garrison be unable to attend that he assist May in persuading Ge... More
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitude for Garrison's "great kindnes" in coming to visit her. Rawson discusses her "five large volumes of autographs and portraits" which includ... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
Hon. Frederick Douglass.
Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /
"Preface" by W.L. Garrison: p. [iii]-xii. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
From the plantation to the Senate
Composite of three plantation scenes and portraits of Benjamin S. Turner, Rev. Richard Allen, H.R. Revels, Frederick Douglass, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and William Wells Brown. O10967 U.... More
The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...
Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More
The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...
Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More
The case of William L. Chaplin : being an appeal to all respecters of ...
Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Brookline, [Massachusetts], to Elizabe...
Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Elizabeth Pease Nichol regarding the books and pamphlets she has sent her and her "English sisters." She discusses emancipation in the West Indies and the anti-slavery cause in Grea... More
Frederick Douglass - Daguerreotype, Public domain
Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Letter from John Rand, Milton, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1850 Fe...
John Rand writes to Samuel May describing the visit of Lucy Stone to Milford and a lecture she delivered in the town. Rand reports that Stone "found with us a cordial welcome" and was introduced to the meeting ... More
Frederick Douglass, 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitude for Garrison's "great kindnes" in coming to visit her. Rawson discusses her "five large volumes of autographs and portraits" which includ... More
Letter from Giles Badger Stebbins, Rochester, N[ew] Y[ork], to William...
Giles B. Stebbins writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him an obituary (not included) "of our much loved friend Susan R. Doty." Stebbins recalls that Garrison visited "her pleasant home a year since with Ge... More
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison,...
Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison accepting his invitation to call on her. Rawson informs Garrison that there are many trains available to reach Sheffield and if he notifies her what time he shoul... More
Letter from Susan Taber, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Deborah West...
[Susan Taber?] writes to Debora Weston in regards the anti-slavery society preparing materials for a sale to raise funds. She writes of her surprise for the news of Angelina E. Grimke's marriage to Theodore T. ... More
Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, [Andover, Massachusetts], to Philli...
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to Mr. Phillips of Phillips, Sampson & Company in regards to her publishing deadline for her next anti-slavery novel "Dred." She writes, "Between now & the 30th are only about 12 wo... More
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitude for Garrison's "great kindnes" in coming to visit her. Rawson discusses her "five large volumes of autographs and portraits" which includ... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
Frederick Douglass. - Public domain portrait photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More
Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the su...
Picryl description: Public domain book about slavery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
John Brown. - Public domain portrait engraving
Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More
Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More
The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...
One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More
Copy of letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, New York, to Rufus Anderson,...
A.A. Phelps writes to Rufus Anderson about the article Anderson published in the Missionary Herald, entitled “Extract from a communication of Doct. Hall to the Maryland Colonization Society.” Supplying informat... More
Letter from John Quincy Adams Edgell, West Newbury, to Amos Augustus P...
John Quincy Adams Edgell and G. B. Penny write to the pastor of the Free Church of Boston regarding a meeting to be held in the Centre Church regarding the installation of J. A. Martyn as pastor of the Centre C... More
[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Date and photographer information from: Picturing Frederick Douglass / John Stauffer. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, p. 185.
Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Andover, [Massachusetts], to Willia...
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to William Lloyd Garrison suggesting "a set of anti-slavery lectures [be held] in Boston this winter similar to that in New York and Worcester." Stowe offers to pay "the expenses of... More
Letter from William P. Powell, Liverpool, [England], to Samuel May, Ap...
Powell speaks strongly against the pro-slavery Americans he has seen on the ships in Liverpool Harbor. He tells May that "American liberty is a mockery, British liberty is an existing fact." Powell likens Frede... More
Letter from George Douglas Campbell Argyll, Argyll Lodge, Kensington, ...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, the Duke of Argyll invites him, along with his son and daughter, to have breakfast at their house the following morning. The letter states that if the 10am breakfast is... More
The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...
Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More
Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson, James Caldwell...
Photograph shows portrait of abolitionist Sojourner Truth wearing polka dotted dress and holding cased photograph of her grandson, who was a prisoner-of-war at James Island, South Carolina between 1863 and 1865... More
Wrapping paper relating to the memoir of Samuel Joseph May from Samuel...
This manuscript is a piece of paper that Samuel May wrapped around the papers relating to the memoir for his cousin, Samuel Joseph May, who "died at Syracuse, N.Y. July 1, 1871." Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Joseph Lupton, Scarborough, Yorkshire, [England], to Samue...
Lupton says that he has shipped two boxes of contributions from Leeds for the anti-slavery fair. He gives a brief account of the contents of the boxes and speaks particularly of a screen. Lupton also informs Ma... More
Letter from Mary Carpenter, Bristol, [England], to William Lloyd Garri...
Mary Carpenter informs William Lloyd Garrison of her pleasure at having learned from Harriet Lupton of Garrison's proposal to visit England. Carpenter states her hopes that Garrison will pay them an early visit... More
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitude for Garrison's "great kindnes" in coming to visit her. Rawson discusses her "five large volumes of autographs and portraits" which includ... More
Letter from Thomas Hughes, Lincoln's Inn, 3 Old Square, London, to Wil...
Hughes writes Garrison to offer his congratuations & respects concerning Garrison's support of Abraham Lincoln's re-election, & denounces those within the American Abolition movement which have broken with Garr... More
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitude for Garrison's "great kindnes" in coming to visit her. Rawson discusses her "five large volumes of autographs and portraits" which includ... More
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society expense account of A. A. Phelps for...
An itemized expense account, with the receipt signed by A.A. Phelps on April 10 1838, and three additional receipts: (1) for payment made by "New England Anti-Slavery Society" to “Dutton & Wentworth, Dr.” for a... More
Letter from Mary Anne Rawson, Sheffield, [England], to William Lloyd G...
Mary A. Rawson writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitude for Garrison's "great kindnes" in coming to visit her. Rawson discusses her "five large volumes of autographs and portraits" which includ... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, o...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32667-06] Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." [Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under... More
James Stephen cropped - Public domain portrait engraving
Portrait of James Stephen (1758–1832), lawyer and slavery abolitionist Public domain photograph of a portrait, illustration, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Antislavery advocates 1851
Photo of Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, an English antislavery advocate.
Frederick Douglass - Public domain portrait engraving
Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Aaron Powell. - A black and white photo of a man with a beard
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Lewis Tappan - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
[Colonel T. W. Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Volunteers (the firs...
Photograph shows a head and shoulders portrait of Higginson in civilian clothing. He was also an Abolitionist in Worcester, Mass., working as an Underground Railroad operator. Title derived from Gladstone colle... More
Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More
Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Willia...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Egbert Benson reports to Garrison that some new subscribers have not yet received their first copies of the Liberator and sends him money for another new subscrib... More
Letter from George William Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Will...
George William Benson writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that he has "nothing new to communicate respecting the Canterbury affair" but he plans to travel there with Rev. Thomas Williams later in the... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, [New York], to George Thompson, 1835 August...
Arthur Tappan sends George Thompson a ship order which states, "Shipped, In good order and well conditioned, by Judge Lynch, on board the Ship called the Incendiary whereof Arthur Tappan is master, for the pres... More
Letter from George Allen, Shrewsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Mar. 31...
George Allen writes to Amos. A. Phelps about the necessity of a new anti-slavery paper in Boston. He praises Dr. Porter ([the editor of New England Spectator]) for his work, but says the Spectator has “done its... More
Letter from Frederick Douglass, London, to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 3d ...
Frederick Douglass writes to Elizabeth Pease to express his pleasure at her attention and welcome. He says the Darlington meeting was disappointing, and then talks about upcoming events. He says her brother sho... More
Letter from Francis John Higginson, Brattleboro, to Thomas Wentworth H...
Discusses legal matters relevant to the recipient’s arrest and upcoming trial, and sends supports. Courtesy of Boston Public Library