Mooreland Collection at Howard University, 1853-1866
Scope and Contents
Includes pages from the Fourth Annual Report of the Elgin Association
, an organization established to oversee the migration of salves and free blacks to Canada; the Emancipation League,
a group of abolitionists seeking immediate emancipation as a war aim; the New England Educational Commission,
an organization that sent teachers and supplies to freedmen; the First Annual Report of the Educational Commission for Freedmen
; the Freedmen's Record,
official reports from white teachers; an address delivered by J.Miller McKim, a prominent member of the Pennsylvania Antislavery Society; the National Freedman,
a publication of the National Freedman's Relief Association; Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association
; and the Official Reports of Edward L. Pierce,
a northern attorney stationed in Port Royal, South Carolina.
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