Abolitionist Publications: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1826-1865
Scope and Contents
Includes The Genius of Universal Emancipation
, Pine and Palm
Independent
Freedmen's Advocate
Free South
, a Union paper published in Beaufort during the Civil War regarding land and freedmen; and the New Harmony Gazette
regarding the establishment of Nashoba,
a utopian community in western Tennessee backed by Marquis de Lafayette and Robert Owen that welcomed free blacks and slaves. Also some correspondence from the First Annual Report of the Port Royal Relief Committee
listing contributors and a series of general orders from Union headquarters in Port Royal regarding land sales, freedmen and civilians.
Dates
- Creation: 1826-1889
Language of Materials
Material is in English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 8.5 linear feet (2 archival boxes, 5 record cartons)
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu