18th Century Runaway Slave and Indentured Servants Advertisements.
An Account of a Visitor to Lowell , Massachusetts (1836)
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
Banning Mill: An Online Exhibit, 1834-1999
Declaration of Rights, 1836
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836). "These founding documents legally established the entity of Texas, set
forth the rights and responsibilities of its people, and defined the
scope and powers of its government."--Excerpt.
Declaration of Rights, 1836, Utica, NY
"In 1836, a convention of mechanics, farmers, and workingmen met in Utica,
NY. The Equal Rights Party was formed at the convention and the document
below is the product of that meeting"--Excerpt.
Documents on Slavery
Excerpts from Slave Narratives From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
(Photo from Wikimedia Commons-Public Domain)
The Market Revolution – Excerpt from An Address to the Working-Men of New-England (1832)
Mechanics Hall: Symbol of Pride and Industry
Moses Roper, b. 1815 A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery. North American Slave Narratives
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Orestes A. Brownson on “Free Labor” (1840)
Prince, Mary The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave
Recruitment of Female Operatives – an Account from the 1840s
Ten-Hour Circular (Boston, 1835)
A week in the Mill,” from the Lowell Offering (1845)
William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884 Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself.