Enslavement documents collection

Collection

Enslavement documents collection

• 1793-1923 (Creation)

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

A growing collection of documents, photographs, and correspondence pertaining to the capture, purchase, bargaining, and freedom of enslaved people in Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the 18th to the 20th century. The collection contains a variety of petitions, contracts, estate settlements, and ephemera that record the activities of enslaved people during that era and illustrate the relationship between enslaved people and the people who enslaved them, as well as local government policy regarding enslavement and ownership in various parts of the Americas. Also included the collection are images and ephemera that feature racial caricatures, which were prevalent during their time of printing.

This collection is open for research.

Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.

Enslavement Documents Collection Finding Aid © 2013 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.

• English
• French

• Latin

Collaborative Archives from the African Diaspora (CAAD) documents acquired thanks to a grant from the Florida Blue Cross Shield, Summer 2013.

The Collaborative Archives from the African Diaspora (CAAD)

Class Project Breathes Life into Historical Documents

UM Libraries Scholarly Repository - Slave Narratives Short Stories

Information about related materials is available at http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/special_collections_slave_narrative/

Finding aid updated by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 08-23-24.

• Enslavement records
• Enslaved persons -- Emancipation
• Enslavement

• United States
• France
• Maryland
• South Carolina

• Manuscripts (documents)
• Correspondence
• Stereographs
• Ephemera
• Prints (visual works)
• Periodicals