Legal Documents Concerning Slavery Collection
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- Creators:
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Maynard, Thomas
Clark, Julie
- Dates:
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undated
1710-1865
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0786
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of a variety of legal documents that relate to slavery and African-Americans.
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- Dates:
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circa 1850 - 1871
- Size:
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1.27 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-046
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1850-1971, contains materials relating to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It includes 3 books (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, LIfe and Times of Frederick Douglass, and My Bondage and My Freedom), a carte-de-visite, various portraits of Douglass, including an etching and lithograph, clippings from Harper's Weekly and the Evening Star, and photographs of Douglass in various settings, including one of Douglass in Key West with members of the Santo Domingo mission.
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- Dates:
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circa 1859 - 1894
- Size:
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1.63 Linear feet ((2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-112
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1859-1894, contains materials relating to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It includes several of his speeches reproduced in booklets and pamphlets, a visiting card, a portrait bearing his autograph, and 28 issues of Douglass'Monthly, which ran from 1858 to 1863.
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McDaniel, George W.
- Dates:
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1978-1979
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.A2013.110
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Jones-Hall-Sims House also known as "Freedom House" is featured prominently in the NMAAHC Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation exhibition. This collection reflects the research completed by historian Dr. George McDaniel documenting the history of the Jones-Hall-Sims House, the communties of Jonesville and Jerusalem.
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Plummer-Arnold family
- Dates:
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circa 1880-2005
circa 2005
bulk 1880-1955
- Size:
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1.44 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-038
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, spanning the late 19th century to 2005 with the bulk from circa 1880 to circa 1955, measures 1.44 linear feet and documents the daily lives and activities of the Plummer-Arnold family and the military career of Henry Vinton Plummer. The collection consists of 48 color and black-and-white photographs and a framed certificate, letter, and two DVDs regarding the honorable discharge of Henry Vinton Plummer. The photographs are undated.
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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
- Dates:
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1865-1872
- Size:
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1,917,680 Digital images (1918 digitized microfilm rolls)
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 1918 rolls of microfilm held by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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- Dates:
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1861–1869
- Size:
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5 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1875
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
This collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the five rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M1875. These digital surrogates reproduced marriage records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869. These records consist of unbound marriage certificates, marriage licenses, monthly reports of marriages, and other proofs of marriages.
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Layton, Benjamin
- Dates:
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circa 1865-1977
- Size:
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3.45 Linear feet (5 boxes; 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-031
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Benjamin Layton collection documents the life, family history, and interests of Benjamin T. Layton. Items date from circa 1865 to 1977. The collection measures 3.45 linear feet and is composed of newsletters, clippings, pamphlets, newspapers, correspondence, certificates, photographs, memorabilia, books, stamps, etchings, and programs.
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- Dates:
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1872–1878
- Size:
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58 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M2029
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
This collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 58 rolls of microfilm described in NARA publication M2029. These digital surrogates reproduced the field office records of the Freedmen's Branch in the Office of the Adjutant General, 1872–1878. These records consist of bound volumes and unbound records, including letters sent, letters received, registers of letters received, and registers of claims.
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- Creators:
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Bunch, Lonnie G.
- Dates:
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1952-2010
- Size:
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26.07 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes) (3 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-200
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Lonnie G. Bunch Papers include both personal materials and professional records from the various institutions that he worked at as well as his teaching positions. The personal materials include family correspondence, family history records, and photographs. In relation to his teaching positions there are course syllabi, reading lists, ...