Topical Focus | Author | Date
1787-1820 | 1821-1840 | 1841-1860 | 1861-1880 | 1881-1900 | 1901-1920
Cooper, Thomas. Letters on the Slave Trade: First Published in Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle; and Since Re-Printed with Additions and Alterations. Manchester [UK]: Printed by C. Wheeler, 1787.
American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and Improving the Condition of the African Race. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States: Assembled at Philadelphia, on the Seventh Day of January, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Five. Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, Jr., 1795.
Torrey, Jesse. Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States: With Reflections on the Practicability of Restoring the Moral Rights of the Slave, without Impairing the Legal Privileges of the Possessor; And a Project of a Colonial Asylum for Free Persons of Colour: Including Memoirs of Facts on the Interior Traffic in Slaves, and on Kidnapping. Philadelphia: Published by the author. John Bioren, printer, 1817.
U.S. House of Representatives. Memorial of Citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, Praying for the Enactment of a Law, that all Colored Children Born in the Dist. Of Columbia, After a Certain Day, Shall be Free. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1828.
Garrison, William Lloyd. An Address, Delivered Before the Free People of Color, in Philadelphia, New-York, and Other Cities during the Month of June, 1831. Boston: Stephen Foster, 1831.
Atlee, Edwin Pitt. Address Delivered before the Female Anti-slavery Society of Philadelphia, in the Session Room of the Second Presbyterian Church (on Cherry Street,) in the First Month, (January,) 1834. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins & Company, 1834.
Channing, William E. Slavery. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1835.
Grimké, Angelina Emily. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836.
Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women. An Address to Free Colored Americans. Issued by an Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women Held in the City of New York, by Adjournments from 9th to 12th May, 1837. New York: William S. Dorr, 1837.
Ball, Charles. Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, A Black Man. New York: John S. Taylor, 1837.
Beecher, Catharine E. An Essay on slavery and Abolitionism, with Reference to the Duty of American Females. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1837.
Grimké, Angelina Emily. An appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States, Issued by an Anti-slavery Convention of American Women, Held by Adjournments from the 9th to the 12th May, 1837. New York: William S. Dorr, 1837.
McKim, James Miller. A Sketch of the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia, Contained in Two Letters. Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh and Allegheny Anti-Slavery Society, 1838.
Webb, Samuel. History of Pennsylvania Hall, which was Destroyed by a Mob, on the 17th of May, 1838. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Gunn, 1838.
"An American." An Inquiry into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the United States: And the Means of Bettering its Fortunes. Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839.
Channing, William E. Remarks on the Slavery Question, In a Letter to Jonathan Phillips, Esq. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1839.
Otis, Harrison Gray, James F. Simmons, and John Whipple. Mr. Whipple’s Report, and Mr. Otis’s Letter. Boston: Cassady and March, 1839.
Weld, Theodore D. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. New York: The American Anti-Slavery Society, 1839.
Channing, William E. Emancipation. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thomson, 1841.
Thornton, Thomas C. An Inquiry into the History of Slavery; Its Continuance; and Remarks upon the Abolition Tracts of William E. Channing, D. D. Washington City: William M. Morrison, 1841.
American Anti-Slavery Society. Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society Adopted at the Formation of said Society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th Day of December, 1833. New York: Printed by William S. Dorr, c1844.
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1845.
Hammond, James, H. Two Letters on Slavery in the United States, Addressed to Thomas Clarkson, Esq. Columbia, SC: Allen, McCarter, & Company, 1845.
Spooner, Lysander. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1845.
Birney, James G. Sinfulness of Slaveholding in All Circumstances; Test by Reason and Scripture. Detroit: Charles Willcox, 1846.
Lundy, Benjamin. The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy, Including his Journeys to Texas and Mexico, with a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti. Philadelphia: W.D. Parrish, 1847.
Citizens’ Union of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Minutes of the State Convention of the Coloured Citizens of Pennsylvania, Convened at Harrisburg, December 13 and 14, 1848. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1849.
Mott, Lucretia. A Sermon to the Medical Students, Delivered by Lucretia Mott, at Cherry Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, on First-Day Evening, Second Month 11th, 1849. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1849.
Society of Friends. Statistical Inquiry into the Condition of the People of Colour, of the City and Districts of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by Kite & Walton, 1849.
McDuffie, George. The North and the South, Or The Question Stated and Considered. Columbia, [SC?]: John G. Bowman, 1850.
McLanahan, James X. Speech of Mr. J. X. McLanahan, of Pennsylvania, on the Slave Question. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 19, 1850. Washington, DC: Jno. T. Towers, 1850.
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society The Philosophy of the Anti-Slavery Reform. Philadelphia: Anti-Slavery Office, 1850.
Stevens, Thaddeus. Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, in the U.S. House of Representatives, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1850, in the Committee of the Whole State of the Union, on the Reference of the President’s Annual Message. Philadelphia: Anti-Slavery Office, 1850.
Tappan, Lewis, and the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. The Fugitive Slave Bill: Its History and Unconstitutionality; With an Account of the Seizure and Enslavement of James Hamlet and His Subsequent Restoration to Liberty. New York: William Harned, 1850.
Campbell, John. Negro-Mania: Being an Examination of the Falsely Assumed Equality of the Various Races of Men. Philadelphia: Campbell and Powers, 1851.
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Fourteenth Annual Report, Presented to the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, by Its Executive Committee, October 7, 1851: with the Proceedings of the Annual meeting. Philadelphia: Anti-Slavery Office; Merrihew & Thompson, Printers, 1851.
Henson, Josiah. The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave. As Narrated by Himself . London: Charles Gilpin, 1852.
Pettit, William V., and John P. Durbin. Addresses Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Harrisburgh, PA. On Tuesday Evening, April 6, 1852. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Colonization Society, 1852.
Robbins, James J. Report of the Trial of Castner Hanway for Treason, in the Resistance of the Execution of the Fugitive Slave Law of September, 1850. Philadelphia: King and Baird, 1852.
Stevens, Thaddeus. Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Penn., on the Presidential Question; and the Slavery Issue: Delivered in the House of Representatives, August 12 1852. Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Office, 1852.
Gilbert, Olive. Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1823. New York, Published by the Author, 1853.
Stearns, Edward Josiah. Notes on Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Being a Logical Answer to its Allegations and Inferences against Slavery as an Institution. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853.
Fetridge and Company. The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns. Boston: Fetridge and Company, 1854
Giffiths, Julia, ed. Autographs for Freedom. Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Company; Rochester: Wanzer, Beardsley & Company, 1854.
Sumner, Charles. Speech of the Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Night of the Passage of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill. In the Senate of the U.S., May 25, 1854. Washington, DC: Buell and Blanchard, 1854.
Adams, Nehemiah. A South-Side View of Slavery; or, Three Months at the South, in 1854. 3rd ed. Richmond, VA: A. Morris, 1855.
Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855.
Parker, Theodore. The Trial of Theodore Parker, for the “Misdemeanor” of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, At Boston, April 3, 1855. Boston: Published for the Author, 1855.
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Narrative of the Facts in the Case of Passmore Williamson. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1855.
Bacon, Benjamin C. Statistics of the Colored People of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Chapman, 1856.
How, Samuel Blanchard. Slaveholding Not Sinful. Slavery, the Punishment of Man's Sin, its Remedy, the Gospel of Christ. New Brunswick, NJ: J. Terhune's Press, 1856.
Olmsted, Frederick Law. Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy. New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856.
Sumner, Charles. The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of the Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856. New York: Greeley and McElrath, 1856.
Tyng, Dudley Atkins. Our Country’s Troubles: a sermon, preached in the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, on Sunday evening, June 29,1856., 1856.
Williamson, Passmore. Case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the Case of the United States of America ex rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, Including the Several Opinions Delivered, and the Arguments of Counsel, Reported by Arthur Cannon, Esq., Phonographer. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1856.
Fitzhugh, George. Cannibals All! or, Slaves without Masters. Richmond, VA: A. Morris, 1857.
Helper, Hinton Rowan. The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It. New York: Burdick Brothers, 1857.
Howard, Benjamin Chew. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sanford. Washington, DC: Cornelius Wendell, 1857.
Ruffin, Edmund. The Political Economy of Slavery; or, The Institution Considered in Regard to its Influence on Public Wealth and General Welfare. Washington, DC: Lemuel Towers, 1857.
Benjamin, Judah P. Kansas Bill. Speech of Hon. J. P. Benjamin, of LA., Delivered in Senate of United States on Thursday, March 11, 1858: Slavery Protected by the Common Law of the New World. Washington, DC: G. S. Gideon, 1858.
Holcombe, James P. Delivered before the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Agricultural Society, November 4th, 1858. Richmond, VA: MacFarlane & Fergusson, 1858.
Baker, James L. Slavery. Philadelphia: John A. Norton, 1860.
Benjamin, Judah P. Defence of the National Democracy Against the Attack of Judge Douglas – Constitutional Rights of the States. Speech of Hon. J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana. Delivered in the United States Senate, May 22, 1860. Washington, DC, 1860.
N.Y. (State). Court of Appeals. Report of the Lemmon Slave Case: Containing Points and Arguments of Counsel on Both Sides, and Opinions of All the Judges. New York: Horace Greeley & Company, 1860.
Pollard, Edward A. Black Diamonds Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South. New York: Pudney & Russell, 1860.
Redpath, James. The Public Life of Capt. John Brown. Boston: Thayer and Elderidge, 1860.
Sumner, Charles. The Barbarism of Slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the Admission of Kansas as a Free State. In the United States Senate, June 4, 1860. Washington, DC: Thaddeus Hyatt, 1860.
Van Dyke, Henry J. Henry J. The Character and Influence of Abolitionism: A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sunday Evening, December 9, 1860. Washington, DC: Henry Polkinhorn, 1860.
Wolfe, Samuel, M. Helper’s Impending Crisis Dissected. Philadelphia: J. T. Lloyd, 1860.
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan. Slavery A Divine Trust. The Duty of the South to Preserve and Perpetuate the Institution as it Now Exists. New York: George F. Nesbitt & Company, 1861.
Conway, Moncure Daniel. Testimonies Concerning Slavery. London: Chapman and Hall, 1864.
Child, L. Maria. The Freedmen’s Book. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.
May, Samuel J. Some Recollections of Our Antislavery Conflict. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1869.
Still, William. The Underground Rail Road. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872.
Griest, Ellwood. John and Mary; or, The Fugitive Slaves. A Tale of South-Eastern Pennsylvania. Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing and Publish Company, 1873.
Smedley, Robert Clemens. History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania. Lancaster, PA: Office of the Journal, 1883.
Sanborn, Franklin B. The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas, and Martyr of Virginia. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885.
McDougall, Marion Gleason. Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865). Boston: Ginn & Company, 1891.
Hinton, Richard J. John Brown and His Men; With Some Account of the Roads Traveled to Reach Harper's Ferry. New York: Funk & Wagnall's Company, 1894.
Forbes, David R. A True Story of the Christiana Riot. Quarryville, PA: Sun Printing House, 1898.
Siebert, Wilbur Henry. The Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898.
Hensel, William Uhler. The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851: An Historical Sketch. Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company, 1911.
Turner, Edward Raymond. The Negro in Pennsylvania: Slavery-Servitude-Freedom, 1639-1861. Washington, D.C.: The American Historical Association, 1911.