1. Abolition and
Runaway Slaves
 Frederick Douglass – Statesman, Abolitionist,
Champion of the People
 RG 208 Records of the Office of War Information
 (catalog.archives.gov)

2. Runaway Slave Advertisements
 The Geography of Slavery in Virginia, UVA
(http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/)
 Texas Runaway Slave Project, East Texas Research Center
(http://digital.sfasu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/RSP)
 N.C. Runaway Slave Advertisements, UNCG
(http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/RAS)

3. First Proclamation of
Emancipation,1775 Virginia
 Lord Dunmore was the first government
official to declare a Proclamation of
Emancipation.
 The Emancipation was a War Effort to
undermined the Rebellious Virginia Economy
 United Kingdom National Archives, Black
Loyalists
(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathway
s/blackhistory/work_community/loyalists.htm
)

4. Carleton Papers – Book of Negroes,
1783
 General Sir Guy Carleton was the Commander-an-Chef of British
Forces who lead the closing of the Crowns occupation of the
East Coast of the United States
 General Carleton honored all British Emancipations and brought
as many Loyalist of African American Descent to Canada or else
were in the Empire
 General Carleton forward a list of Loyalist of African American
Descent to General Washington
 The list is known as Carleton’s Book of Negroes and is located at
the Library and Archives of Canada (http://www.bac-
lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/loyalists-
british-soldiers-1722-1784/Pages/introduction.aspx)

5. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Edward Coles,
and Thomas Jefferson
 Thaddeus Kosciuszko Willed $20,000 to Thomas Jefferson to Free as many slave as possible. Thomas
Jefferson never did.
 Edward Coles asked Thomas Jefferson a number of occasions to free some or all his slaves but the
President never did
 Under Thomas Jefferson’s earlier policies freeing and sending people of African descent away would
have had good timing with Kosciusko’s will and Coles freeing his own slaves in Illinois.

6. Kosciuszko, Coles, and Jefferson’s
documents can be found at the Library
of Congress and at NARA’s Founders
Page
 LOC (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page047.db&recNum=839)
 NARA (http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-30-02-0230)

8. Records of Fugitive Slaves
 Sydney Howard Gay’s, Columbia University “Record of Fugitives”
(https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/fugitives)
 Record Example
(https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/fugitives/record_fugitiv
es/book1)
 Uncovering William Still’s Underground Railroad, Historical Society of
Pennsylvania (http://hsp.org/history-online/digital-history-
projects/uncovering-william-stills-underground-railroad)
 Record Example
(http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/1457
)

9. Abolitionist Petitions to Congress
 The Center for Legislative Archives has a large collection of Abolitionist
Petitions (https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/slavery-
records-congress.html)
 Abstracts and call numbers can be found on the Online Catalog
(catalog.archives.gov)

10. Abolitionist Petitions Gag Rule
December 21, 1837

11. Anti-Slavery Petition from the Women
of Philadelphia

12. Robert
Knox
Sneden
HTTPS://WWW.LOC.GOV/MAPS/?FA=CONTRIBUT
OR%3ASNEDEN%2C+ROBERT+KNOX

13. Benjamin Butler Contraband of War

14. Confederate Orders 60 and 111

15. Invitation of William Lloyd Garrison
and other Abolitionists

16. Garland H White:
Runaway Slave,
Abolitionist, and
among the First
Black Officers in
the Army

17. The Fort Pillow Massacre was the first major investigation that Congress took up
dealing with crimes against blacks. The Reports are Number 63 and 65 in the House
and Senate. An article in “Rediscovering Black History” Blog by Tina Ligon was
published on April 8, 2014: (https://rediscovering-black-
history.blogs.archives.gov/2014/04/08/fort-pillow-150th-anniversary/)