Enslavement
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms || Use For: Slavery
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Kuntz Louisiana Civil War collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0256
Abstract:
Correspondence, military documents, posters, receipts, and clippings chiefly relating to the Civil War in New Orleans and Louisiana. Includes bills of sale and lists of slaves, correspondence to Thomas Overton Moore, governor of Louisiana, and from Jefferson Davis.
Dates:
1811 - 1959
Letters concerning the slave trade and the USS John Adams
Collection
Identifier: MS 0083
Abstract
This manuscript collection contains a series of letters written from Commander Levin M. Powell of the USS John Adams to Commodore George W. Storer. Powell comments on the ships supplies and condition, his sailing orders, and the slave trade, while the ship was off the coast of Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.
Dates:
1842-1849
Louis Aulbach Olivewood Cemetery research collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0669
Overview
Research materials in this collection include a list of burials at Olivewood Cemetery, burial maps, and photographs of the tombstone of Richard Allen. The materials date from 2008, when Louis Aulbach was actively volunteering with the cemetery.
Dates:
2008
Naomi Carrier academic career and community activism collection materials
Collection
Identifier: MS 0926
Overview
This collection contains the teaching resources and writings of renowned teacher, researcher, playwright, and actress Naomi Carrier, whose advocacy for African-American voices in history has had a profound effect on educational representation in Texas.
Dates:
1936 - 2019
Nicholas Bryar Massenburg daybook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0374
Abstract:
Nicholas Bryar Massenburg, planter of Franklin County, N.C., owned Woodleaf and Egypt plantations. In this daybook, Massenburg describes weather conditions, social activities, and sales of land and equipment. Yearly lists of slaves, their ages and overseers are also included.
Dates:
1852 - 1861
"On the Flogging of Women" commentary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0100
Overview
Document is an anonymous commentary on an article appearing in the February 28, 1827 edition of “The Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter” that discussed propositions put forward by Lord Bathurst for reforms in the treatment of enslaved people in the Colonies; in particular, a prohibition of the flogging of women, which failed to pass.
Dates:
1827
Reginald Moore Houston area community activism collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0653
Overview
This collection represents the community activism efforts of Mr. Reginald Moore, which has often taken the form of researching topics as represented in newspaper accounts, requesting government records on the topics, and corresponding with officials and engaging in public testimony. Private Sector Initiatives / Home Savers initiative - church based effort which Mr. Moore either led or was just deeply involved in to get the black community out participating in assisting fellow...
Dates:
2000 - 2016
Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0636
Content Description
Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history. The reports included in this collection are in some cases publicly available, but are difficult to access. Correspondence includes letters and emails between Mr. Moore and various public officials and other interested parties such as archaeologist Fred McGhee.
Dates:
1878-2018
Rice University Early Land Deeds, Contracts and Related Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0222
Overview
The collection contains records and printed material on the early land holdings and dealings of William Marsh Rice and the Rice Institute in 45 Texas counties and 4 Louisiana parishes. The collection also contains records and printed material concerning early Rice Institute campus construction, legal matters (including judicial settlements and statements), institutional housekeeping (including receipts and invoices from 1891-1907), and campus area property and construction.
Dates:
1830 - 1969
Sugar Land and Fort Bend historical papers of Jane McMeans
Collection
Identifier: MS 0032
Abstract:
Original letters, pamphlets, tabloids, printed materials, books, videos, maps, and photographs documenting the Texas city of Sugar Land during the 19th century and 20th century, including the creation and development of the Imperial Sugar company.
Dates:
1826 - 2007, and undated