Date Range: 1862 - Cornell University Library Digital Collections Search Results

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1. 'Christopher North,' a memoir of John Wilson, late professor of moral philosophy in the University of Edinburgh

Creator:: Gordon, Mary Wilson, 1814-
Collection:: Wordsworth Collection
Publication:: Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1862.
Format:: Book

2. Document Manumitting London Henry and his Family

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Port Royal, South Carolina
Date:: 1862-08-22
Format:: Image

3. Letter regarding slaves happy to have their city saved

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Newbern, North Carolina
Date:: 1862-12
Format:: Image
Creator:: Charles Wallis
Addressee:: Allen (brother)

4. Confederate Officer gives his wife instructions if the enemy were to come, including sending the slaves south to be hired out

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Yorktown, Virginia
Date:: 1862-03-20
Format:: Image
Creator:: Captain George Bouton
Addressee:: Lucetta

5. Slave Impressment Receipt for Three Negro Slaves Who Worked Eleven Days

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Russell County, Alabama
Date:: 1862-12-11
Format:: Image

6. Writes of a Black Church Service and a Description of the Preacher

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Falmouth, Virginia
Date:: 1862-07-28
Format:: Image
Creator:: Frederick Ranger
Addressee:: Wife

7. Appraisal of 38 slaves for use in defense of Richmond

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Richmond, Virginia
Date:: 1862-11-06
1862-11-11
Format:: Image

8. African Americans driving mules and horses in Philadelphia

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date:: 1862-09-19
Format:: Image
Creator:: William T. Lewis
Addressee:: Parents

9. Union soldier observes his first freedmen Christmas

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Port Royal Beauford
Date:: 1862-12-26
Format:: Image
Creator:: Samuel Bliss
Addressee:: Wife

10. Soldier describes hanging runaway slave on tree

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Arlington Heights, Virginia
Date:: 1862-09-23
Format:: Image
Creator:: David Brett
Addressee:: Wife

11. Soldier describes hanging runaway slave on tree

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: Arlington Heights, Virginia
Date:: 1862-09-23
Format:: Image
Creator:: David Brett
Addressee:: Wife

12. One of four letters, describing playing a trick on a slave, experiences in the military, and the home front

Collection:: The Gail and Stephen Rudin Collection on Slavery in America
Location:: New York
Date:: 1861-11-03 to 1862-12-22
Format:: Image
Creator:: C Personius, Ellie Personius
Addressee:: Family