ENAbout
Selection of North American enslavement documents from late 18th and 19th centuries from the Chicago History Museum's Archives and Manuscripts collections.
Works
Robert Butler letter to Andrew Jackson, 1817 January 12
2 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Robert Carter letter regarding manumission of enslaved people
1 page: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Robert Carter letter regarding manumission of enslaved people, 1792 January 2
1 page: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Robert Carter letter regarding manumission of enslaved people, 1792 January 2
1 page: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Samuel Cochran certificate, 1820 February 25
1 page: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Samuel Hunter notice for three runaway enslaved people, 1827 September 1
2 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Susan Dyers letter to Andrew Jackson, 1827 September 18
3 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Tax receipt for enslaved people, circa 1841
2 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
The Matagorda manifest of enslaved people, 1808 January 1
Collaboration is restricted.
2 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
The Popular Uprising: Endorsement of the President's Emancipation Proclamation
8 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)