The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright …

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright …

Collections Slave Manifests and Auction Receipts. New Orleans, 1861. Invoices and sales slips for slaves purchased in Louisiana during the Civil War, [non-NYPL material]

Rebecca: Full name was Rebecca Huger, daughter of Mr. Huger with a light-skinned slave in his household. One of 17 house slaves owned by her father. Emancipated slave from Louisiana, enrolled in the first emancipated school in Louisiana for Blacks in 1863. Read and wrote after a few months in the school. Traveled to Philadelphia and New York along with seven other Black …

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[Item], Stormé DeLarverié papers, Sc MG 901, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Source of acquisition Donated by the United States Sanitary Commission to the Astor Library, 1879

Jan 23, 2025 · African American Women Writers of the 19th Century guide includes a digital collection of published works by 19th-century black women writers, biographies for each author, citations and much more

Thomas Kelah Wharton (1814-1862), architect, was superintendent of construction of the Customs House in New Orleans, La. Collection consists of seven volumes of diaries describing Wharton's activities in the social, educational, literary, and artistic life of New Orleans. Four of the diaries and a sketchbook contain his pen and ink sketches, mostly of places mentioned in the …

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright …