DescriptionLetter from Theodore Frelinghuysen, Vice Presidential candidate of the Whig party in 1844 to a Dr. Hall of Mississippi conveying to him that he is not an abolitionist, but a srong supporter of...
DescriptionAdvertisements from a Baltimore paper orginally printed in the Liberty Herald. The advertisements were for rewards to capture fugitive slaves. There is also an add for the Liberty party.
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman about the Democratic Presidential candidate, James K. Polk. The article tells the reader that James K. Polk has 100 slaves.
DescriptionChapters 73 and 74 of History of Union and Middlexes Counties, New Jersey. Middlesex County in the War of The Rebellion detailed the draft history of 1861 in Middlesex County. Included regimental...
DescriptionThe United States Sanitary Commission was established on June 13, 1861 by President Lincoln, for the purpose of supporting the Northern Armies with supplies and medical care. Each State had its own...
DescriptionOne month after the bombing of Fort Sumter, a flag-raising ceremony was held at the campus of Rutgers University. Former U.S. Senator and past president of Rutgers, Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862)...
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman that talked about the 3-5 ratio in determining population of states. The article says it is a great injustice that five slaves should equal three freeman and thus...
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman that expressed one person's feeling about the possible annexation of Texas into the Union as a slave state. The article's writer believed the North should fight...