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Title

Printed material relating to slavery [textual record]. 

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File part of

Miscellaneous papers [textual record] (R4402-1-3-E)

Date(s)

1852-1895

Place of creation

Ontario

Extent

1 cm of textual records.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

This file consists of posters, handbills, newspaper clippings, and other printed material relating to slavery in the United States, fugitive slaves in Canada, the Buxton mission, the anti-slavery movement, and the work of Rev. William King. It is paginated 836-935. Three posters for public meetings, titled "Fugitive Slaves in Canada", have been removed from this file for separate horizontal storage as container 3. They include Buxton Mission, 3 Sept. 1860; The Free Church, 18 Nov. 1859 (pages 861-862); and St. Thomas Church, 12 Dec. 1859 (pages 864-865). Two posters for public meetings in Scotland titled "Fugitive Slaves in Canada" have been removed from this file for separate horizontal storage as volume 4. The meetings, featuring King and William H. Day, were held in Free South Leith Church, 28 Nov. 1859 (page 860), and the Free Church in Dumfries, 29 Aug 1860 (page 863).

Conditions of access

Textual records
Copy negative C-138410
90: Open
Textual records
Copy negative C-138409
90: Open
Textual records
Microfilm reel C-2223
90: Open
Textual records
90: Open
Volume
1
from 3 to 4
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R4402-6-2-E
Former archival reference no.
MG24-J14

Terms of use

The originals have been removed from circulation. Researchers must use the microfilm copies on reel C-2223.

Additional information

Reproduction note
For photographic reproduction of the posters in container 4, use the copy negative numbers C-138409 (for p.863) and C-138410 (for p.860).

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

617127