Research Catalog
Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection
- Title
- Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection, 1718-1876.
- Author
- Harris, M. A., 1908-1977
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 34 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 34 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .3 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Summary
- The Middleton "Spike" Harris Slavery and Abolition Collection consists of individual documents pertaining to slavery and abolition in the United States. Included are legal documents, indentures, manumission papers, bills of sale, agreements to hire slaves and other business records, deeds, letters, and indentures referencing specific slaves and their masters and detailing the situations for which the documents were produced. The states in which these documents were issued are Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.
- There are also letters from the following abolitionists: Granville Sharp, Gerrit Smith, Charles Sumner, and Francis Jackson.
- Subjects
- Enslaved persons > United States > 19th century
- Slave records > Alabama
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
- Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
- Slave records > Georgia
- Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813
- Slave records > Virginia
- Slave records > South Carolina
- Slave records > United States > 19th century
- Slaveholders > United States > 19th century
- Slave records > Mississippi
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
- Slave records > Pennsylvania
- Slave records > New York (State) > New York
- Abolitionists > United States > 19th century
- Antislavery movements > United States > 19th century
- Slave records > Maryland
- Slavery > United States
- Source (note)
- Middleton "Spike" Harris
- Biography (note)
- Author, amateur historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization which collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 34
- OCLC
- 747037827
- Author
- Harris, M. A., 1908-1977, collector.
- Title
- Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection, 1718-1876.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheetvolume
- Biography
- Author, amateur historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization which collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 34