DescriptionSheridan's two autobiographical volumes explored life in the United States before, during and after the 'War of Rebellion.' Sheridan was born to immigrant Irish parents who moved with the westward...
DescriptionThis short text of four chapters plus an appendix seek to meet and answer the position, set up by Earl Russell, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1861, that the recognition of the...
DescriptionThis is a full page image of the New-Brunswick Daily Fredonian, a paper started in January of 1855. The image captures a cacaphony of declarations and advertisements, some sideways, that depict a...
DescriptionBrief story of a slave responsible to his master and his master's son,Jonathan. His master ordered him to attend mass and report back the sermon. The preacher says, "No man serves two masters" and...
DescriptionLewis Clark, formly a white slave of Kentucky,who lectured in the east on slavery and published a narrative of his life for twenty-five years among the Algerines of Kentucky. This article depicts his...
DescriptionStory from New Jersey Freeman about a black child in New York, that was unsuccessfully abducted by a Louisville, Kentucky man that traveled to New York for the express purpose of kidnapping...
DescriptionBreakdown of voting in the 1844 Presidential election by Candidate. The candidates listed are James K. Polk,Rep.; Henry Clay, Dem; and James G. Birney, Liberty Party. In addition, there is a...
