Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a certain boy child named Benjamin] Birth certificate of Benjamin, born May 15, 1801, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mary' belonging to New York City merchant James VanZandt. In final sentence, the word 'abandon' has been crossed out and replaced with 'retain,' so that it instead reads, 'which child I retain according to law.' View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of Henry Moore] Birth certificate of Henry Moore, born September 20, 1811, to the female slave Marian Moore belonging to Harriet [Henrietta] Clarkson, widow of New York City merchant Freeman Clarkson. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a certain female child named Peg] Birth certificate of Peg, born May 4, 1812, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Yawn' belonging to New York City merchant John Vreeland. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a certain female child named Rosette] Birth certificate of Rosette, born July 5, 1803, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Susan' belonging to widow Jemima Stout of New York City. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a certain male child named Siras James] Birth certificate of Siras James, born October 25, 1800, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Peggy' belonging to New York City coachmaker Charles Warner. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a certain female child named Mary] Birth certficate of Mary, born August 18, 1801, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Lebell [?]' belonging to New York City [illegible] Andrew White. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a Negro male child named Jack] Birth certificate of Jack, born January 24, 1799, belonging to Fredk. Fisher [probably Colonel Frederick Visscher] of Montgomery County, New York. Includes note dated June 30, 1802 stating that, 'Cates child was born named Tom.' View Item
Image Collection 11 Items Slavery Collection, 1709-1864 The Slavery Collection contains correspondence and legal and financial documents related to the North American slave trade, slave ownership, abolition, and political issues pertinent to slavery. The Slavery Collection is called an "artificial" collection because unrelated items with different provenance have been grouped together according to subject matter. View Collection
Image Collection 31 Items Black History Collections The New-York Historical Society holds important collections relating to Black history, slavery in the United States, and the Atlantic slave trade. Dating from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, they constitute a rich archive of primary source materials that will be of value to anyone researching the history of African Americans, slavery, the slave trade, emancipation, and the abolitionist movement. View Collection