Aaron Dupuy, body servant of Henry Clay, stereocard
Slavery -- Kentucky; Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Aaron Dupuy was Henry Clay’s personal body slave and the husband of Charlotte Dupuy, who filed a freedom suit against Clay in 1829. Charlotte lost her suit, but was freed by Clay in 1840. Aaron was most likely freed following the death of Henry Clay in 1852. Henry Clay, known as the Great Compromiser, was a legislator from Kentucky and known as a founder of the American Colonization Society.
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96m2, Henry Clay Memorial Foundation papers, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries.
https://exploreuk.uky.edu/fa/findingaid/?id=xt751c1thm3n
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2019
Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries
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https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt751c1thm3n_1128#page/2/mode/1up/search/dupuy
(Unknown Temporal Coverage), Lexington, Kentucky
African-American men and women at Camp Nelson photograph
Freedmen – Kentucky; Military camps -- Kentucky
The photograph shows runaway slaves living as refugees at Camp Nelson during the Civil War. Several men in the photograph are in uniform. Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, Kentucky, was a Union supply base and training center during the Civil War. During the war. Camp Nelson trained 11 regiments of U.S. Colored Troops.
G.W. Foster
77pa102, Camp Nelson photographic collection, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries
https://exploreuk.uky.edu/fa/findingaid/?id=xt77sq8qcb8z
G.W. Foster & Co., Lexington, KY
2019
Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries
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https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt77sq8qcb8z_1_1
1864, Jessamine County, Kentucky
African-American Soldiers’ Pension Application Ledger
Military pensions--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 African American soldiers--Health and hygiene--History--19th century African Americans--North Carolina--Craven CountyAfrican Americans--North Carolina United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Claims United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects Slaves--North Carolina--Biography
African-American Soldiers’ Pension Application Ledger for African-American troops who served the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War from the New Bern, N.C. area and Eastern North Carolina. The military units, ships, and actions in which these men were involved are mentioned, as well as the conditions under which the men served. Also included are afflictions suffered as a result of service. The ledger also contains marriage and medical certificates and genealogical information concerning slave marriages and births. An ex-slave's account of being bought and sold can also be found within. The ledger contains an index which provides the names, units, page numbers, and usually claim numbers for claimants. Refer to finding aid for additional information on the arrangement of the index and using the item for research. Sticker on the front cover indicates this is Book no. 7.
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Rogers, Richard E., Jr., Collection
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0248
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/ 22728
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1889 - 1890
East Carolina University
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1889-1890, United States--North Carolina--Craven County (N.C.)
Agreement with sharecroppers, 1868
Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888, Sharecroppers, Contracts
Agreement between Thomas Green Clemson and sharecroppers working the land at Fort Hill. Most of the sharecroppers were former enslaved persons.
Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/tgc/261
1868
Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University
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Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002
1868, Pickens County (S.C.)
Agreement with sharecroppers, 1871
Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888, Sharecroppers, Contracts
Agreement between Thomas Green Clemson and sharecroppers working the land at Fort Hill. Most of the sharecroppers were former enslaved persons.
Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/tgc/366/
1871
Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University
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1871, Pickens County (S.C.)
All-Negro Comics No. 1
African Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc; African Americans -- Periodicals; African American wit and humor; Action-adventure comics; Comics (Graphic works)
The 48-page comic book was published in 1947 and features characters such as police detective Ace Harlem and Lion Man, a college-educated scientist and superhero. It was the first comic book written and drawn solely by African American writers and artists.
John Terrell; George J. Evans Jr.
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Philadelphia, All-Negro Comics, Inc.
2019
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
This material is protected by copyright. The copyright owner is unknown or unidentifiable. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/110833
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OCLC Number: 173724979
Philadelphia, 1947
An Authentic Narrative of the Seminole War
Anne Spencer 1936 Notebook
African American women teachers; Spencer, Anne — 1882-1975
Excerpt from Anne Spencer 1936 notebook summing up life for African-Americans during the segregation era. Notebook, brown binding, no pagination.
Anne Spencer
MSS 14204 Anne Spencer and Spencer family papers,
2018
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
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https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u4700310
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tsb: 88176
Virginia, 1936
Anti-Slavery Lectures Broadside
Broadsides, Antislavery movements
Broadside with black print advertising lectures by George Thompson.
The British and Foreign Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade throughout the World
Patricia Cornwell Collection, MS.3823, University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives
Featherstone
2019
University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives
No copyright
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United Kingdom, 06-26-1834
Articles of Agreement
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Plantations—Florida, Sharecropping, Tallahassee (Fla.)
Three manuscript pages of two sharecropping contracts signed by the Winthrops and the contracted individuals with an X over their names. These contracts contain the terms of the annual rent for land such as acreage to be farmed, payment, and type of crop.
John S. Winthrop
Winthrop Family Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida
http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_0_266
http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu:fhhmanuscriptcollection
2019
Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, FL
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1871, Tallahassee, Florida