| | Author: | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel George Morton Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1850 | | | | Abstract: | Morton's diary, made on a trip that be made to the West Indies, records observations made on many of the Islands on life, work, agriculture, slavery, and derogatory comments on the native inhabitants. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M843 | | | | Extent: | 2.25 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | African American | Archaeology | Aymara Indians | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Barbados--Description and travel--19th century | Botany | Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 | Conrad, T. A., (Timothy Abbott), 1803-1877 | Cooper, William, 1776-1848 | Craniology. | Craniometry | Dana, James D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895 | Diaries. | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Egyptology. | Exploration. | Fermine Gomez Farias | French, B. F., (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877 | General Correspondence | Geology | Gliddon, George R.(George Robins),1809-1857. | Gomez, Jose Justo Gomez de la Cortina, conde de la, 1799-1860 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Indians of North America--Kentucky | Indians of North America--Massachusetts | Indians of North America--Mississippi | Indians of North America--Ohio | Indians of North America--Physical characteristics | Indians of North America--Rhode Island | Indians of North America--Tennessee | Indians of South America--Peru | Indians of South America--Physical characteristics | International Travel | Kane , John K., (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Medicine | Mineralogy | Miscegenation | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Natural history | Naumkeag Indians | Ornithology | Paleontology | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Pentland, Joseph Barclay | Phrenology | Race | Race, race relations, racism | Rush, William, 1756-1833 | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sketches. | Skull. | Slavery--Barbados | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Southeast Indians | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | Watercolors | Wied-Neuwied, Maximilien Alexandre Philippe, prinz von, 1782-1864 | |
| | Author: | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel Stehman Haldeman letters, 1859-1875
| | | | Dates: | 1844-1875 | | | | Abstract: | Students of African American history may find one of Haldeman's letters of interest: a
December 1859 letter expresses Haldeman’s disapproval of the Abolitionist activities of “negro stealing,” and cites Samuel Morton’s studies of the African’s limited cranial capacity to justify American slavery. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H129 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African Americans | Beetles. | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Entomology. | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Race, race relations, racism | Science. | Sedgwick, S. J. | |
| | Author: | Sellers family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sellers family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive)
| | | | Dates: | 1675-1928 | | | | Abstract: | There is at least one item in this collection which may be of interest to students of African American history: Carre, John Thomas. Letter to Charles Willson Peale. Circa 1792. Describes Carre's escape from the slave uprising in Saint Domingue. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P31.50 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | American Revolution | Artists -- United States. | Education | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Hill, Hannah Sellers | Hill, Peter, d. 1857 | Inventions. | Inventors -- United States. | Land and Speculation | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 | Legal Records | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Maps and Surveys | Marriage and Family Life | Official Government Documents and Records | Patents. | Peale family. | Peale, Charles Linnaeus, 1794-1832 | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825 | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865 | Peale, Sophonisba Angusciola,1786-1859. | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 | Pennsylvania -- Industries. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia History | Race, race relations, racism | Sellers, Ann,b. 1785. | Sellers, Anna,1824-1908. | Sellers, Coleman,1781-1834. | Sellers, Coleman,b. 1827. | Sellers, Elizabeth Coleman, 1751-1832 | Sellers, George Escol | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Surveying and Maps | Technology -- United States. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| | Author: | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sol Feinstone Slavery collection, 1773-1888
| | | | Dates: | 1773-1888 | | | | Abstract: | A rich source of material for students of African American history. | | | | Call #: | Mss.326.F33 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | African Americans--History--To 1863 | Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 | Early National Politics | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 | Legal Records | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Reconstruction | Slavery -- United States. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | |
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