Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of a manuscript copy of Dr. George Howe’s memoirs pertaining to his hiring as a physician on board the ship Rebecca in 1859. Howe was to accompany the last group of formerly-enslaved individuals from the John McDonogh estate in Louisiana on their journey to Liberia as directed in McDonogh's will. Howe discusses events leading to his position on the ship, his discovery that the ship's captain and crew intend to divert the ship to...

Content Description The papers of historian and race relations activist Margaret Callender McCulloch include articles, pamphlets, speeches, reports, and poem written by McCulloch, as well as a typescript of "Can This Be Me?...memories of Mary Eliza West, Freedwoman" about a former enslaved woman on a Georgia plantation, edited by McCulloch. The collection also includes correspondence, photographs, a genealogical chart, a map, and handwritten transcripts of correspondence of physician Francis Julius LeMoyne and...