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Benjamin Coates African Colonization collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1190
Abstract
Letters relating to the emigration of free Blacks to the West African colony of Liberia and establishment of Liberian institutions written to American Quaker reformer, Benjamin Coates (1808-1887) whose work toward the abolition of slavery led to a relationship with many well-known people connected to Liberia, a colony established to offer a new home and a fresh start away from slavery to free Blacks in the mid-19th century.
Dates:
1848-1880; Majority of material found within 1858 - 1869
Evans family correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-035
Identifier: SFHL-SC-035
Abstract
This collection includes photocopies of letters from Joseph and Hannah Evans addressed to their children William, Joseph, and Mary, while they attended Westtown Boarding School. Also included are letters from William Evans to his parents, and from Joseph Evans to his brother. These letters primarily relate family news.
Dates:
1799-1801
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- Bassett, Ebenezer D., 1833-1908 1
- Blyden, Edward 1
- Carter, John, 1800-1877 1
- Cary, Mary Ann Shadd 1
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- Coates, Benjamin, 1808-1887 1
- Coppinger, William 1
- Crummell, Alex 1
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 1
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- Evans, Jonathan, 1759-1839 1
- Evans, Joseph, 1789-1871 1
- Evans, Mary, 1791-1858 1
- Freeman, Martin, 1826?-1889 1
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- Hilles, William Samuel, 1825-1876 1
- Pinney, John Brooke 1
- Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895 1
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