African American Resources at the CHS


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Aaron (Bristol), 912

Abernathy, Ralph, 1223

Abington, MA, 391

Abolition, 581 , 582 , 783 , 859

in NH, 196 , 691
in VT, 780

Abolition movement, 103 , 322 , 425 , 501

in CT, 789 , 871

Abolition societies, 224

Abolition vs. colonization, 41

Abolitionism, 131 , 272 , 303 , 319 , 483 , 492 , 576 , 807

editorial attitudes, 145

Abolitionist movement, 371

attitudes towards in New England, 3

Abolitionists, 487

attitudes towards, 255
papers, 929

Account books

Canterbury, CT, 891 , 960
Colchester, CT, 919 , 1048
Farmington, CT, 1061
Hadlyme, CT, 892
Hartford, CT, 1018
Lebanon, CT, 1065
Montville, CT, 863
New Haven, CT, 954
Preston, CT, 861
Stonington, CT, 905

Achmet, Hammet, 700

Acklens, Cuff, manumission cited, 510

Adam, slave, 975

Adams, John Quincy, 610

Adele, fugitive slave, 397

Advertising cards, 843 , 844 , 845 , 846 , 847 , 848 , 849 , 850 , 851 , 852 , 853 , 854

Affirmative Action, 1183 , 1230

Africa, 38 , 242 , 333 , 515 , 528 , 532 , 533 , 534 , 535 , 653 , 665 , 668 , 836

lithograph, 1156
missionary work in, 809

African American Baptist churches, 321

African American Cultural Center, New Haven, CT, 917

African American Episcopal Zion Church, Winsted, 572

African American Methodist Church of New Haven, CT, 383

African American Temple Street Congregational Church, New Haven, CT, 1006

African Association of New Brunswick, NJ, 930

African Civilization Society, 5

African Ecclesiastical Society, 1006

African Improvement Society, 1006

African Methodist Episcopal Church, 6

African Methodist Episcopal Church, Norwich, CT, 1108

African Methodist Episcopal ministry, 551

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 7

African Methodist Society, 252

African Mission School Society, 784

African Sabbath School, Louisville, KY, 980

Africanus, Eneas (fictional character), 283

Selah, teacher, 217

Afro-Anglo-America Program in Teacher Education, 387

Agamenticust, ME, see York, ME.

Agawam, MA, 453

Ainslee (fictional character), 628

Alabama, 826 , 827

Alabama Regiments, 3rd Black, 1028

Albany, NY, 9 , 49 , 537

Albany Medical College, 1030

Alcoholism, 575

Allegheny Co., PA, 129

Allston, 1140

Almira, 866

Ambler, Jaqueline, slave owner, 966

Ambrotypes, 1139 , 1140 , 1143

American Anti-Slavery Society, 187

American Colonization Society, 38 , 180 , 212 , 515 , 603 , 615 , 621 , 668 , 689

CT auxiliary, 202 , 219 , 220
publications, 8

American Home Missionary Society, 281

American Missionary Association, 17 , 183

American Missionary Society, 176 , 711

American Revolution, 206 , 306 , 359 , 362 , 389 , 435 , 552 , 600 , 644 , 666 , 700 , 822 , 837 , 1016 , 1058

diaries, 921
letters, 957
military service, 31 , service records, 211
service records, 548

American Tract Society, 366

response to criticisms of, 23

Amin, Idi, 1163

Amistad captives, 79 , 106 , 752 , 924 , 962 , 1006 , 1027 , 1061

Amistad case, 32 , 54 , 76 , 262 , 314 , 429 , 492 , 517 , 527 , 545 , 567 , 568 , 616 , 630 , 664 , 765 , 766 , 770 , 775 , 871

analysis, 47
constitutional issues, 91
defense, 46
defense funding, 101

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, 1223

Anderson, John, "black governor," 921

Marion, 213

Andover, MA, 44

Ansars, slave, 712

Anti-colonization, 1011

Anti-Nebraska meetings, 26

Anti-slavery, contributions, 1062

Anti-Slavery Society

Boston, MA, meetings, 1056
New York, NY, 924

Anti-Slavery Society of Fairfield County, 982

Antietam, MD, 948

Antigua, 983

Antislavery, 277

in CT, 565

Antislavery activity, 772

in New England, 840
in NY, 840

Antislavery address, 168

Antislavery law of , 639

Antislavery literature, 430

Antislavery meetings, CT, 972

New York, NY, 963

Antislavery movement, 40 , 71 , 207 , 244 , 291 , 608 , 642

in MA, 120
in NH, 413 , 524
in OH, 139
in France, 452
in Great Britain, 452
pioneers in, 982

Antislavery organizations, 792

Antislavery sentiments, 394 , 780

in MA, 104

Antislavery societies, in CT, 27

Antislavery Society in Windham, 524

Antislavery thought, examination of, 128

Antislavery verse, 499

Apartheid, 1162

Apy, Candace, freed slave, 895

Army of the Potomac, First Brigade, 985

Arson and explosions, CT, 972 , 982

Ashley, Colonel John, slave owner, 671

Ashmun, Jehudi, biography, 39

Askew, Reuben, Democratic candidate, 1169

Athanson, [?], 1242

Atherton Gag Law, 982

Atlas, 402 , 836

Attuck, Crispus, death and funeral of, 100

"Aunt Kizzie," 1130

Avery Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT, programs, 701

Avon, CT, 483

Bacchus, slave, 475

Backus Hotel, Norwich, CT, 1077

Bacon, Francis, surgeon, 944

Leonard, biography, 41
Nathaniel, 588

Bad Accident bank, 410 , 411

Bahamas, 409

Bailey, Eli, indentured servant, 987

Ballads, 683

Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People, 941

Baltimore, James, biography, 123

Banks, William, slave, 344

Baptist churches, 321

Barbary Coast, 569

Barkhamsted, CT, 55 , 461

Barnard, Joseph, slave owner, 475

Barnes, Ceasar (Ceaser), 389

Barrington, RI, 77

Base Ball bank, 411

Baseball bank,

Baseball, 279 , 356 , 411

Basketball, 414

Batterson, Lucien, 1061

Battle, William, slave owner, 1040

Beaufort, SC, 878 , 1017

Bedford Co., PA, 129

Bedford, NH, 69

Beecher, Henry Ward, 963

views of, 330

Beecher family, 79 , 97 , 102 , 330 , 642

Belknap, Rev. Dr. Jeremy, 413

Beman, Rev. Amos, biography, 124

Amos Gerry, biography, 792
Leverett Caster, vital records, 870
Mary Ann Prime, vital records, 870

Beman family, 324

vital records, 870

Ben, slave, 497

Benezet, Anthony, 867

Benson, Stephen Allen, president of Liberia, biography, 703

Bentson, Lloyd, U.S. vice presidential candidate, 1175

Bermuda, 782

Bess, freed slave, 1046

Bethlem, CT, see Woodbury, CT.

Bibliographies, 88 , 110 , 135 , 277 , 838 , 839

CT history, 200

Bigelow, Karl, 388

Margaret, 388

Billings, Sarah A., 519

Bills of sale, 475 , 1005 , 1021 , 879 , 966

Birmingham, CT, 33

Birth records, NY, 189

Birthday card, 858

Bissel, Ruth, slave owner, 1040

Black Ecumenical Commission, 156

"Black flag," 928

Black Genesis Foundation, 291

"Black governor" (tradition)

in RI, 197

Black Harry, preacher, 655

Black Jenny, slave, 478

"Black Law," CT, 986

Black regiments, 623

see also, Connecticut Regiments, 29th Infantry and 30th Infantry.

Black Tom, freeholder, 795

Black Women of Connecticut Day, 365

Blackstone, Jack, free man, 575

Bliss, Daniel, 352

Bloomfield, CT, 832

high school, 1167
sociological changes, 451

Bobby (fictional character), 440

Boers, 188

Borges, [?], 1160

Boston, slave, 443

slave?, 956

Boston, Joshua, slave, 786

Boston, MA, 176 , 185 , 260 , 456 , 931 , 1056

Boston and Waterbury Clothing Company, Waterbury, CT, advertising card, 849

Boston family, genealogy, 92

Boston Massacre, 100 , 442

Botha, P. W., 1162 , 1198

Boxing,

Bow, NH, 131

Bowman, Cain, freed slave, 795

Boycott, use of, 1026

Boyd, "Oil Can," baseball player, 356

Braintree, VT, 63

Branding, 408

Branford, CT, 1043

Brawley, Tawana, 1179

Brewster, Elisha, slave owner, 879

Bridgeport, CT, 570 , 785

Bridges, Rev. Ebenezer, 798

Brisbane, William H., slave owner, 111

Bristol see Aaron.

Bristol, CT, 118 , 190

racial tensions in, 190
ME, see York, ME

Bristol Red Sox (baseball team), 356

Bristow, freed slave, 950

British West Indies, 721

emancipation in, 168 , 581 , 739

Broadsides, 33 , 50 , 205 , 253 , 255 , 314- 316 , 325 , 365 , 369 , 407 , 408 , 508 , 561 , 620 , 796 , 814 , 818

Broadway Congregational Church, Norwich, CT, 355

Bronk, Thomas, former slave, 474

Brookline, CT, 243

Brooklyn, CT, 902

Brooks, Jonah, vital records, 1052

Broteer, see Smith, Venture.

Brown, Abigail, slave owner, 126

attitudes towards, 33
homestead, Torrington, CT, 1135
Marshall, 1093
Mrs. Marshall, 1093
Mary Ann, laundress, 892

Bryan Co., GA, 1064

Bryne, Jane, Chicago mayor, 1245

Buchanan, Mr., 889

Buckingham, William A., governor of CT, biography, 130

Buffalo, NY, 476

Bulkeley, Charles E., daguerreotype, 1149

Eliphalet A., daguerreotype, 1148
Lydia Morgan, daguerreotype, 1147
Thankful, vital records, 1052

Burdette-Coutts Society, 49

Burleigh, William Henry, 1001

Burney, Fanny, 393

Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, 185 , 931

Burr, James E., biography, 450

Burrillville, RI, 436

Bush, George Herbert Walker, U.S. President, 1166 , 1174

Bushnell, Rev. Horace, 328

Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT, 1075

Butler, Albert M., 1093

Byfield, MA, 276 , 295