Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection,1718-1876 [Legacy]

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Description: 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.
Names: Harris, M. A., 1908-1977 (Collector)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1908 - 1977
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc MG 34
Topics: Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813; Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874; Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874; Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861; Slavery -- United States; Abolitionists -- United States -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- 19th century; Enslaved persons -- United States -- 19th century; Slaveholders -- United States -- 19th century; Slave records -- United States -- 19th century; Slave records -- Alabama; Slave records -- Georgia; Slave records -- Maryland; Slave records -- Mississippi; Slave records -- New York (State) -- New York; Slave records -- Pennsylvania; Slave records -- South Carolina; Slave records -- Virginia
Genres: Correspondence; Slave bills of sale; Deeds; legal documents
Notes: Acquisition: Middleton "Spike" Harris Purchase 1976 SCM 77-6; Biographical/historical: 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.
Physical Description: Extent: .3 linear feet (1 printbox)
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 747037827; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19115409; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 97974880-1933-0138-1c1e-0193385febd5

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