Records describing books, pamphlets and serials, amassed since 1824, by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP).
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The Society's collections center on eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and parts of Delaware and Maryland, but also include a wealth of materials on the eastern United States, the founding of this country, and the diversity of ethnic and immigrant experiences across the United States. The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies merged with HSP in 2002. |
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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies |
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Lee Arnold |
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United States
222
Africa
41
Liberia
17
Southern States
16
Pennsylvania
15
Virginia
15
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Maryland
11
South Carolina
9
Kentucky
6
Washington (D.C.)
5
Illinois
4
North Carolina
4
Richmond
4
Georgia
3
Kansas
3
New Jersey
3
Ohio
3
Philadelphia
3
Afr
2
Africa, West
2
Alabama
2
America
2
California
2
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
2
Indian Territory
2
Indiana
2
Latin America
2
Libe
2
Louisiana
2
New York (State)
2
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African Americans
Slavery
History
131
Colonization
62
Slaves
48
Race relations
33
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Social conditions
29
Emancipation
17
Fugitive slaves
16
Controversial literature
14
Antislavery movements
12
Legal status, laws, etc
12
Collectibles
10
Freedmen
10
Politics and government
10
Fiction
9
Law and legislation
9
Slave trade
9
Societies, etc
9
Abolitionists
8
Civil rights
8
Blacks
7
Justification
7
Plantation life
7
Slavery and the church
7
Social life and customs
7
Legal status of slaves in free states
6
Underground Railroad
6
Political aspects
5
Social aspects
5
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American Colonization Society
7
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911
5
Mott, Abigail, 1766-1851
5
Colton, Calvin, 1789-1857
4
Turner, Edward Raymond, 1881-1929
4
Whiteman, Maxwell
4
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American Anti-Slavery Society
3
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
3
Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816
3
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
3
Hooker, Herman, 1802-1865
3
Miller, Randall M.
3
Sigourney, L. H. 1791-1865
3
Van Evrie, John H., 1814-1896
3
Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950
3
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
2
Berlin, Ira, 1941-
2
Blair, Frank P. 1821-1875
2
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973
2
Brawley, Benjamin Griffith, 1882-1939
2
Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
2
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
2
Easton, H. b. 1798
2
Eppse, Merl Raymond, 1893-
2
Fairchild, D.
2
Foss, Andrew T., 1803-
2
Franklin, John Hope, 1915-
2
Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009
2
Georgetown University
2
Gifford, James M.
2
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Controversial literature
28
Biography
23
Poetry
8
Bibliography
7
History
7
Personal narratives
7
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Fiction
6
Catalogs
4
Periodicals
4
Sources
4
Exhibitions
3
Poems
3
Anti-slavery literature
2
Congresses
2
Juvenile fiction
2
Sermons
2
Speeches in Congress
2
Trials, litigation, etc
2
Abstracts
1
Addresses
1
Addresses to agricultural societies
1
Addresses, sermons, etc
1
Advertisements
1
Anti-slavery movements
1
Broadsides
1
C
1
Congressional addresses
1
Const
1
Correspondence
1
Dictionaries
1
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To 1863
23
19th century
16
Civil War, 1861-1865
11
18th century
8
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
8
1775-1865
6
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1839
6
Revolution, 1775-1783
5
b. 1816
5
To 1964
4
1783-1865
3
1833
3
1850
3
1854
3
1854-1861
3
1861
3
1862
3
1800-1899
2
1809-1858
2
1818-1895
2
1834
2
1837
2
1851
2
1857-1861
2
1859
2
1860
2
1861-1865
2
Civil War
2
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2
To 1865
2
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