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
277
Southern States
28
Pennsylvania
24
West Indies, British
23
Maryland
19
Virginia
18
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Philadelphia
15
Great Britain
13
South Carolina
12
West Indies
12
Georgia
10
North Carolina
9
Africa
8
États-Unis
8
Kentucky
8
Missouri
7
Jamaica
6
New York (State)
6
Washington (D.C.)
6
Baltimore
5
Confederate States of America
5
Liberia
5
Connecticut
4
Texas
4
Alabama
3
Cuba
3
Delaware
3
Kent County
3
Louisiana
3
Massachusetts
3
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Enslaved persons
Emancipation
204
Slavery
197
African Americans
136
History
130
Social conditions
91
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Antislavery movements
37
Race relations
32
Slave trade
32
Plantation life
25
Abolitionists
23
Politics and government
23
Slavery and the church
21
Fugitive slaves
17
Colonization
16
Freed persons
16
Esclaves
13
Legal status, laws, etc
13
Afro-Americana
10
Slaveholders
10
Social life and customs
10
Histoire
8
Slave rebellions
8
Biography
7
Controversial literature
7
Description and travel
7
Law and legislation
7
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African American families
6
African American women
6
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American Anti-Slavery Society
5
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
5
Whiteman, Maxwell
5
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
4
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
4
Heyrick, Elizabeth, 1769-1831
4
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
4
United States. Congress House
4
Berlin, Ira, 1941-
3
Bourne, George, 1780-1845
3
Brown, B. Gratz 1826-1885
3
Child, David Lee, 1794-1874
3
Clayton, Ralph
3
Jones, Thomas H.
3
Lambda, active 1861
3
Stuart, Charles, 1783?-1865
3
Surles, Trish, 1948-
3
American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race
2
American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States
2
Association of Friends for Advocating the Cause of the Slave, and Improving the Condition of the Free People of Color
2
Ball, Edward, 1958-
2
Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
2
Blair, Frank P., Jr. 1821-1875
2
Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975
2
Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816
2
Brown, John, 1757-1837
2
Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
2
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
2
Clark-Pujara, Christy
2
Coffin, Hector
2
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Biography
60
Controversial literature
24
History
17
Personal narratives
13
Biographies
10
Genealogy
10
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Registers
7
Speeches in Congress
7
Fiction
5
Sermons
5
Poetry
4
Sources
4
Congressional addresses
3
Letters
3
Composition errors (Printing)
2
Congresses
2
Early works
2
Early works to 1800
2
Exhibitions
2
Interviews
2
Juvenile literature
2
Juvenile works
2
Music
2
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
2
Songs and music
2
Anti-abolition literature
1
Biographical fiction
1
Booksellers' advertisements
1
Broadsides
1
Case studies
1
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19th century
48
Civil War, 1861-1865
24
1861-1865
11
18th century
10
1775-1865
9
1800-1899
8
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1862
8
1809-1865
7
Civil War
7
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
7
1818-1895
5
1863-1877
4
19e siècle
4
To 1863
4
1732-1799
3
1753-1784
3
1820?-1913
3
1783-1865
2
1785-
2
1790-
2
1792-1868
2
1800-1861
2
1811-1896
2
1813-1897
2
1815?-1913
2
1836
2
1857-1861
2
1861
2
1863
2
Revolution, 1775-1783
2
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