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African Americans
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Royal African Company
8
Moorish Science Temple of America
7
United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
5
Writers' Program (New York, N.Y.)
5
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
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Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP)
89
Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection
26
Wallach Division Picture Collection
10
Moorish Science Temple of America collection
7
Writers' Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection
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69
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21
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Africa, West
7
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97
Correspondence
28
Bills of sale
10
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H.C. Weeden
4
The Fraternity
4
Stereotyped by L. Johnson
3
Tuskegee normal and industrial institute
2
A. Jenkins
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Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
139
Schomburg Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
12
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Caltilda Downes: Barbados Pas…
note:
Accession: Miscellaneous American
Letters
Mr. and Mrs. Bates reading
letters
after
note:
… of the hundreds of
letters
Abraham Lincoln recommendatio…
collection:
… autograph
letters
m
A Library for the People of C…
m
Correspondence -
letters
received, 1899
collection:
Correspondence -
letters
received
m
Correspondence -
letters
sent, 1938-1973
m
Bill of Sale: James
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Statistics of revenue, import…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Handwritten
letter
signed by Victor Séjour
m
Friendship Plantation journal
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
m
The Child Louisa
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
m
Nathan Johnson Manumitted by …
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Receipt for $12,500 for purch…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Aprais [Appraisal]; Bill of t…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Slavery tax receipts for Stat…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Bill of sale of slaves to set…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Inventory and appraisement of…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Inventory and appraisement of…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Inventory and appraisement of…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Manumission certificate for N…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Begins "I John Gassaway regis…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Certificate from County of NY…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Certificate by City and Count…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
m
Repayment receipt
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
m
Two autographed
letters
from James Ramsay
abstract:
…. The
letters
were written while
m
Two
letters
from Granville Sharp to Jacques
abstract:
… abolitionist. The
letters
were
m
Letter
from Noble Drew Ali, Founder
m
Afro-American Realty Company …
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Recruitment brochure and ad f…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Bill of sale for mulatto man …
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Bill of sale for John, 16 yr …
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Letter
stating that $500 was paid
Bill of sale for 3 enslaved p…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Aprais [Appraisal]; Bill of t…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
List of estate items, includi…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
State's conveyance of $500 to…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Statistics of the population …
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Begins "I certify that negro …
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Manumission certificate for W…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Owner's proof on claim for sl…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Certification of witnesses th…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
A valuation on Larens, a slav…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Report of South Carolina Stat…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Population of Albany County &…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Comparative table of populati…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
List of inhabitants in the se…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
The produce of the revenue fr…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
Caltilda Downes: Barbados Pas…
collection:
Miscellaneous American
Letters
and Papers
m
Divine Warning from Noble Dre…
collection:
Letters
, 1928-1929, 1961, 1964
m
Epistle from the yearly meeti…
abstract:
Two
letters
, one with a lengthy anti-slavery