Slavery--United States
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Abel Catlin letter
00-2009-104-0
A letter from Abel Catlin in Litchfield, Conn. dated Sept. 2, 1823 to Joseph Burrows in New York concerning William Grimes desire to purchase his freedom from T.H. Welman. A response dated 6 Sept.1823 on the same document from Joseph Burrows with instructions to make a payment of $500 to Mr. William H. Thompson in cash and security.
Grant family papers
1914-15-0
Papers relating to the Grant family of Litchfield, including Hannah Grant (1785-1871) and her children Charles William (1810-1881), David McNeil (1812-1885), Harriet Lucretia (1814-1892), and John Mason (1817-1878). The collection is mostly comprised of family correspondence, but also includes various school lessons and papers, family account records, and real estate records.
Legal notations and newspaper clippings scrapbook
00-2010-283-0
Contains notes and news clippings relating to case law, speeches, and events regarding slavery and the Civil War.
Pierce family correspondence
1978-39-8
William Wright enslaved person deed
00-2010-339-0
Deed to James Green for "a certain Negro Boy named Charles about twenty years old (no warrantee of soundness)" for and in consideration of $850. Signed and dated in Savannah, Ga.