LC Subject Heading: Slaves
- Historical Items (40)
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Historical Items
These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.
Item 22517
Receipt for slave, Kittery, 1738
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1738 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 1121
Slave ship evading the Royal Navy, 1878
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1877 Location: Portland Media: Oil painting
Item 6355
Bill of sale for slave Scippio, 1759
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1759-12-07 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 19278
Fugitive Slave Act cartoon, 1851
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Boston Media: Lithograph on wove paper, jpg
Item 101784
Thomas Reed to Thomas Robison regarding the Caribbean economy and slave market, Sint Eustatius, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper
Item 101827
"The Owners Ship Eagle in Account Current with Henry Skinner," 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper
Item 22513
William Pepperrell receipt for purchase of enslaved man, 1718
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1718-05-26 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 7372
Bill of lading for slave, 1719
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1719 Media: Ink on paper
Item 98699
John Nichols, Lewiston, ca. 1873
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1873 Location: Lewiston Media: Tintype
Item 7965
Civil War soldier's letter home, Oct. 1861
Contributed by: Fort Kent Public Library Date: 1861-10-12 Location: Washington; Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper
Item 9270
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1724 Location: Kittery; Berwick Media: Ink on paper
Item 10081
Letter to Elizabeth Mounfort from a friend in Trinidad, Cuba, July 4, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-07-04 Location: Trinidad; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 15254
Henry Sewall letter to son concerning slavery, 1821
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1821 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 102024
Letter from Thomas Hodges to Captain Henry Skinner, Portland, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper
Item 10087
Letter from Hiram Wilson to Elizabeth Mountfort, Aug. 29, 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-08-29 Location: Portland; Detroit Media: Ink on paper
Item 74246
Planters' request for return of slaves, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 9215
Webb family reminiscences about Samuel Webb, ca. 1842
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1700 Media: Ink on paper
Item 36927
Map of underground routes to Canada, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780–1865 Media: Ink on paper
Item 101828
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper
Item 102023
Thomas Robison from Thomas Hodges regarding illegal slave trade, Les Cayes, April 6, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland; Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper
Item 103126
Benjamin Bullard to Sir William Pepperell on slave trading, Barbados, 1720
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1720-03-15 Location: Bridgetown; Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 9216
Letter to George Richardson from Fessenden & Deblois, 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845-07-26 Location: Portland; Rio de Janeiro; Portland; Rio de Janeiro Media: Ink on paper
Item 74541
Warning to Gen. Shepley on slaves, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-15 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 76624
Request to send Freedmen's teachers to Richmond, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Boston; Richmond Media: Ink on paper
