Fugitive slaves--United States

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Caucasian man with whip calling out to an African American man who flees toward Fort Monroe. White envelope with black ink. Image on top. Inscription printed at top: 'Come back here, you black rascal. / Can't come back now, massa; dis chile's contraban'.' 'FORT MONROE' printed at right.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. The feet of an African-American. Yellow envelope with black ink. Image of left. Printed above image: 'THE 'PECULIAR INSTITUTION.' Printed below image: 'Secession's Moving / Foundation. / Tendancy due North - via 'Monroe.' / Harpel, 3rd & Vine Sts. Cincinnati.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. African-Americans, carrying knapsacks, being called by the North Star. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed in speech bubble from North Star: 'Come along / colored pussons.' North Star labeled 'NORTH STAR' below image. 'SOUTHERN CURRENCY' printed at bottom left, below image of African-Americans.

Assorted advertisements for sale of slaves, rewards for return of runaway slaves, the slave trade, and slavery in general, most unattributable to particular newspapers. Includes three engravings (two duplicated) of slave forts in Africa with captions, "The North Prospect of James Fort in the River Gambia," and "A View of Cape Coast Castle, with part of the Negro Town." Several advertisements are in manuscript form, and appear to be submissions for printing.

Two-page letter from Simon Toll in Schaticook [Kent, Connecticut] to Timothy Shalor, a merchant in New City, regarding debt owed for 'Mr. Hall wheat.' Toll promises restitution after travel to 'the Lakes' and Canada, noting numerous runaway slaves in the area.

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.

Correspondence and papers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, originally known as the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.

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.