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Reproduction of a deed of emancipation filed in the Jessamine County Court of Kentucky freeing Perry, a slave owned by Nathaniel Dunn
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Africa, West; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Broadsides; Capture And Imprisonment; Caves; Colonization; Dwellings; Economic Aspects; Emancipation; Freedmen; Fugitive Slaves; Hemp Industry; Hemp Industry Workers; Historians; Historic Buildings; History; Icehouses; Interviews; Kentucky; Kitchens; Legal Status, Laws, Etc; Music Title Pages; Ohio; Periodicals; Plantation Owners; Plantations; Postcards; Proofs (Printing); Public Opinion; Slave Traders; Slaveholders; Slaver; Slavery; Slavery, Abolition, And Emancipation; Slaves; Social Conditions; Sources; Trials, Litigations, Etc; Uncle Tom (Fictitious Character); Underground Railroad; United States
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John Winston Coleman Jr. collection on slavery in Kentucky
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Africa, West; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Broadsides; Capture And Imprisonment; Caves; Colonization; Dwellings; Economic Aspects; Emancipation; Freedmen; Fugitive Slaves; Hemp Industry; Hemp Industry Workers; Historians; Historic Buildings; History; Icehouses; Interviews; Kentucky; Kitchens; Legal Status, Laws, Etc; Music Title Pages; Ohio; Periodicals; Plantation Owners; Plantations; Postcards; Proofs (Printing); Public Opinion; Slave Traders; Slaveholders; Slaver; Slavery; Slavery, Abolition, And Emancipation; Slaves; Social Conditions; Sources; Trials, Litigations, Etc; Uncle Tom (Fictitious Character); Underground Railroad; United States
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Benjamin Lundy : abolitionist
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Adams, John Quincy, 1767 1848; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Canada; Colonization; Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805 1879; Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Baltimore, Md.); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Greeneville, Tenn. : 1821); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Lowell, Ill.); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Mount Pleasant, Ohio); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Philadelphia, Pa.); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Washington, D.C.); Lundy, Benjamin, 1789 1839; Quaker Abolitionists; Slaver; Union Humane Society; United States; West
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Draft of Iola chapter
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African American Journalists; African American Newspapers; African American Women; African American Women Social Reformers; African Americans; Barnett, Ferdinand L., 1852 1936; Biography; Chicago; Discrimination; Discrimination In Housing; Discrimination In Public Accommodations; Government; Government & Politics; History; Ida B. Wells Woman's Club; Illinois; Journalists; Lynching; Negro Fellowship League; Newspapers; Oratory; Political And Social Views; Press Coverage; Racism In The Press; Social Reformers; Societies And Clubs; Travel; Turner, Sheadrick B; United States; Wells Barnett, Ida B.; Wells Barnett, Ida B., 1862 1931; Women
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Essays political and biographical
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Biography; Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826 1880; Cabinet System; Causes; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Clubs; Crabbe, George, 1754 1832; Croker, John Wilson, 1780 1857; England; Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin. Earl Of, 1645 1712; Government; Granville, Granville George Leveson Gower. Earl, 1815 1891; Great Britain; Halifax, George Savile. Marquis Of, 1633 1695; History; Lieven, Dorothea. Princess, 1785 1856; London; Politics And Government; United States
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How in the world do Americans! : A biographical inquiry
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Biography; Bryan, William Jennings, 1860 1925; Buchman, Frank, 1878 1961; Crowe, John Finley; Finley, James B. (James Bradley), 1781 1856; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706 1790; Harrison, Benjamin, 1808 1887; History; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809 1865; Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837 1899; Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians; Religion; Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803 1874; United States; Washington, George, 1732 1799; Whitman, Marcus, 1802 1847; Williams, Roger, 1604? 1683; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856 1924
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Mistress of Manifest Destiny: A Biography of Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, 1807-1878
Hudson, Linda S
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Biography; Burr, Aaron, 1756 1836; Cazneau, Jane Maria Mc Manus, 1807 1878; Filibusters; History; Journalism; Journalists; Literature; Magazines; Manifest Destiny; Mexican War, 1846 1848; Military And War Wars Mexican War; Montgomery, Cora, 1807 1878; New York Sun; Places Republic Of Texas; Political Messianism; Republic, 1836 1846; Revolution, 1835 1836; Revolutionaries; Slaver; Slavery; Territorial Expansion; Texas; United States; United States Magazine And Democratic Review; Women; Women Journalists; Women Revolutionaries
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First Interview with David Combs: Social Justice Series
Sarah Swedberg Adam Lopez Noel Kalenian
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African Americans; Basketball; Biography; Black Citizens And Friends; Black Student Alliance (Colorado Mesa University); Blacks; Colorado Mesa University; David J. Combs; Discrimination; Discrimination In Housing; Education; Education Higher; Ethnic Attitudes; Ethnic Relations; Five Points; Football; Fruita; Grand Junction; History; Mesa County Oral History Project; Mexican Americans; Minneapolis; Minorities; Officiating; Oil Industry Workers; Race Discrimination; Race Relations; Racism; Relations With Mexican Americans; Rosebud Indian Reservation; School Integration; Segregation; Stereotypes; United States; Universities; University Of South Dakota; Urban High Schools; Walter Walker; West; Wyoming
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First Interview with Shannon Robinson: Social Justice Series
Sarah Swedberg Brad Wright Noel Kalenian Adam Lopez
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African Americans; Anna Scott; Biography; Bullying; Dance; Disc Jockeys; Discrimination; Education; Education Elementary; Ethnic Attitudes; Ethnic Relations; Gangs; Grand Junction; Gunnison County; Hardcore; History; History Local; Interracial Dating; Josephine Dickey; Mesa County; Mesa County Oral History Project; Minorities; National Rainbow Coalition; Phoenix; Police; Punk Rock Music; Race Discrimination; Race Relations; Racially Mixed Families; Racially Mixed People; Racism; Raves; School Violence; Shannon Robinson; Skinheads; Social Aspects; Social Life And Customs; Squatters; Substance Abuse; United States; West; Western Slope; Youth
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Letter from William Gustin Lowry to Rhoda Stone Lowry, May 18, 1862
Lowry, William Gustin
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African Americans; Arlington United States; Biography. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Regiment, 62nd (1861 1865); Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Correspondence. Lowry, William Gustin, 1836 1863; Destruction And Pillage; Health Aspects. United States; History; Military Facilities; Military Service; Military Service. United States; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Personal Narratives. Lowry, William Gustin, 1836 1863; Personal Narratives. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 62nd (1861 1865); Sources. Maclay, William Plunkett, B. 1814; Union; United States; Virginia; Virginia. United States
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A History of Collin County, Texas
Carroll, H. Bailey
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Agriculture; Biography; Business, Economics And Finance Communications Newspapers; Business, Economics And Finance Oil And Gas; Business, Economics And Finance Transportation; Collin County (Tex.); Education Schools; Genealogy; Government; Government And Law County Courthouses; Government And Law Law Enforcement; History; Landscape And Nature Fossils; Landscape And Nature Geography And Maps; Military And War Wars; People Ethnic Groups American Indians; People Groups Pioneers; People Individuals; Places United States Texas Collin County; Religion; Slaver; Social Life And Customs Clubs And Organizations; Social Life And Customs Customs; Social Life And Customs Slavery; Sports And Recreation; United States
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Indiana history bulletin, volume 26, number 11, November 1949
Indiana Historical Bureau
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American Literature; Archaeology; Art, American; Biography; Bulletin (Indiana Historical Society); Charities; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Clark, George Rogers, 1752 1818; Corydon (Ind.); Demography; Economic Development; Education; French; Government; History; Human Services; Indiana; Indiana Historical Bureau; Indiana Historical Society; Indiana Territory; Indiana. Constitution (1816); Indiana. Constitution (1851); Indianapolis (Ind.); Mexican War, 1846 1848; Native Americans; New Harmony (Ind.); Politics And Government; Public Welfare; Religious Life And Customs; Slaver; Slavery; Social Life And Customs; Sources; Statehood (American Politics); To 1787; Transportation; United States; War Of 1812; World War, 1914 1918; World War, 1939 1945
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Modern agitators: or, Pen portraits of living American reformers
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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813 1887; Beecher, Lyman, 1775 1863; Biography; Brown, Thurlow Weed, 1866; Bryant, William Cullen, 1794 1878; Burritt, Elihu, 1810 1879; Bushnell, Horace, 1802 1876; Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell), 1814 1880; Codding, Ichabod, 1810 1866; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Finney, Charles G, 1792 1875; Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805 1879; Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795 1864; Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817 1886; Greeley, Horace, 1811 1872; Lowell, James Russell, 1819 1891; Parker, Theodore, 1810 1860; Reformers; Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody, 1794 1846; Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801 1872; Social Reformers; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811 1896; United States; Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807 1892
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Notes and newspaper articles on African American clergymen and preachers
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African American Churches; African American Clergy; African American Girls; African American Graduate Students; African American Women; African Americans; Anecdotes; Biography; Brown, Henry, 1823; California; Clergy; Congregational Churches; Congresses; Domestic/Community/Social Life; Education; Gaines, W. J. (Wesley John), 1840 1912; Georgia; Gifted Children; Graduate Students; Indiana; Jasper, John, 1812 1901; Kentucky; Louisville; Methodist Episcopal Church; National Council Of Women Of The United States; Negro Young Peoples' Christian And Educational Congress (1906 : Washington, D.C.); Newspapers; Oakland; Political Activity; Race Relations; Religion; Religious Aspects; Social Conditions; Southern States; United States; Webb, James Morris; Women; Yale College (1718 1887). Theological Department
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Our State Our state (Greensboro, N.C.);Our state magazine;Our state : North Carolina;Down home in North Carolina
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African Americans; Asheville; Bed And Breakfast Accommodations; Biography; Biologists; Bird Watching; Charlotte; Charlotte (N.C.); Chatham County (N.C.); Conservation Of Natural Resources; Description And Travel; Eastern Hemlock; Economic Conditions; Endemic Plants; Etheridge, Richard, 1842 1900; Exotic Plants; Gardens; Graham County; Greenville (N.C.); Gristmills; Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve (Cary, N.C.); Historic Buildings; History; Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest (N.C.); Lifesaving Stations; Museums; Natural Areas; Naturalists; North Carolina; North Carolina Museum Of Forestry (Whiteville, N.C.); North Carolina, Western; Orange County (N.C.); Pea Island; Periodicals; Potters; Pottery; Trails; United States; United States. Coast Guard; Wake County; Wells, Bertram Whittier, 1884 1978; Whiteville; Wildlife Habitat Improvement
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Spirituals of today
Lewis, George D
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African American Choral Conductors; African American Churches; African American Composers; African Americans; African Americans In Radio Broadcasting; Arts & Entertainment; Biography; Chicago; Church Music; Cobbs, Clarence H; Collier, Lucy Smith, 1925 2010; Domestic/Community/Social Life; Dorsey, Thomas Andrew; Famous Illinoisans; Gospel Music; Gospel Musicians; History; History And Criticism; Illinois; Illinois Description & Travel; Illinois History & Culture; Jackson, Mahalia, 1911 1972; Morris, Kenneth, 1917 1988; Music Publishing; Music Trade; Religion; Slaver; Slaves; Songs And Music; Spirituals (Songs); Thomas A. Dorsey Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.); United States
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Talk: Recollections ; Recollection of my Grandmother
Wilson, Winston (Mrs.)
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Automobiles; Barter; Biography; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Conservatories Of Music; Courting; Courtship; Dance; Diseases; Education; Future; History; Instruction And Study; Mary Hardin Baylor College; Mc Kinley, William, 1843 1901; Music; Music Education; Music Schools; Ouachita Baptist College; Progress; Reports; Rural Life, Dallas, School, Church, Education, Music, Organ, Fishing, Civil War, Baylor Female College, Belton, Texas, President Mc Kinley, Austin, Cincinnati Conservatory, Piano, Teaching, Ouachita Baptist, Wedding, Jackson, Tennessee, Memphis, Colorado Springs, Cisco, Gold Rush, Indians, Gambling, Alcohol, Dancing, Dairy, Arkadelphia, Cow, Automobile, Children, Singing, Little Rock, World War I, Great Depression, Hendrix, University Of Arkansas, Courtship, Fourth Of July, Games, Tornado, Missouri; Spanish American War, 1898; United States; Universities; Universities And Colleges; War (Aggression); World War, 1914 1918
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Newspaper articles on African American nationalist movements in the United States and emigration to Africa, 1839-1906
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Africa; African American Lawyers; African American Ship Captains; African Americans; African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.); American Colonization Society; Azor (Bark); Bibliography; Biography; Black Nationalism; Colonization; Congo (Democratic Republic); Cuffe, Paul, 1759 1817; Deportation; Discrimination; Dominican Republic; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Economic Assistance; Education; Emigration And Immigration; Garvey, Marcus, 1887 1940; Haiti; Holmes, Edmund W., Captain; Hopkins, Moses Aaron, 1846 1886; Knights Of Labor; Liberia; Liberian Exodus Association (Charleston, S.C.); Lynching; Newspapers; Race Discrimination; Sharp, Granville, 1735 1813; Societies And Clubs; Transatlantic Voyages; Turner, Henry Mc Neal, 1834 1915; Turner, James Milton; United States; Universal Negro Improvement Association; Wilberforce, William, 1759 1833; Women; World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). World's Congress Auxiliary. Department Of Science And Philosophy. General Division Of African Ethnology
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Notes on African American preachers in Chicago
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African American Churches; African American Clergy; African American Women Clergy; African Americans; African Methodist Episcopal Church; All Nation's Pentecostal Church (Chicago, Ill.); Anecdotes; Arnold, Adelia; Arnold, I. R. B; Augusta; Augusta (Ga.); Biography; Chicago; Christian Education; Clergy; Congresses; Davis, J. D., Reverend; Death And Burial; Discrimination; Discrimination In Public Accommodations; Divorce; Economic Conditions; Education; Evans, Joseph M; Georgia; Good Shepherd Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.); Griffin, J. L., Reverend; Illinois; Illinois History & Culture; Interviews; Kingsley, Harold Merrybright; Metropolitan Community Church (Chicago, Ill.); Migration, Internal; Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837 1899; Newspapers; Oral History; Race Relations; Religion; Religion And Social Status; Smith, Amanda, 1837 1915; Smith, Lucy, 1875 1952; Social Conditions; Stimson, R. B; United States; Webb, James Morris; Williams, Lacey Kirk, 1871 1941; Women
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Our State Our state (Greensboro, N.C.);Our state magazine;Our state : North Carolina;Down home in North Carolina
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African American Radio Broadcasters; African Americans; Art Therapy; Biography; Boone; Burwell School; Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810 1871; Capehart, Noyes, 1933; Charlotte; Charlotte (N.C.); Clawson, Addie, 1911 1964; Cleaning Compounds Industry; Description And Travel; Edenton; Feezor, Betty, 1925 1978; Feldspar; Finger Painting; Franklin (N.C.); Hickory; Hillsborough; History; Home Demonstration Work; Home Economics, Rural; Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813 1897; Johnston County; Kephart, Horace, 1862 1931; King, Margaret Belva Mizelle, 1918 2004; Leeper, Hattie; Letter Carriers; Macon County (N.C.); Mayodan; Mc Kimmon, Jane Simpson, 1867 1957; Mica Mines And Mining; Military Nursing; Museums; Newton; North Carolina; North Carolina, Western; Painters; Periodicals; Raleigh; Shaw, Ruth Faison, 1888 1968; Slaver; Slaves' Writings, American; Soap Trade; Trails; Turlington, Ethel, D. 1977; United States; Watauga County; Women; Women Dancers; Women Farmers; Women Novelists; Women Poets; Women Sculptors; Women Slaves; Women Television Personalities
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