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Slavery -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Interviews with former slaves in Oklahoma

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043438]
Identifier: MSS 2944
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a microfilmed copy of typewritten interviews. Former slaves living in Oklahoma were interviewed about their experiences while in bondage. Some of them tell about their experiences with the Ku-Klux Klan.

Dates: 1937

Interviews with former slaves living in Ohio

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043446]
Identifier: MSS 2945
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of microfilmed copies of typewritten interviews. These items are interviews with former slaves living in Ohio in 1937. Some of them tell about their experiences with the Ku-Klux Klan.

Dates: 1937

Fred A. Rosenstock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1448
Abstract

The collection includes various manuscripts acquired by Rosenstock of Denver, Colorado and sold as a group to the library. They come primarily from the eastern and mid-western United States and include diverse legal, personal, business, land and monetary transaction records originating with federal, state and local government officials and private citizens.

Dates: 1774-1935

Utah County record books

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3905
Scope and Contents

Includes nine bound record books spanning the years 1851-1864. They record deeds of transfer, land survey certificates, deeds of consecration, and transfer records of enslaved people. Most of the records were kept by Lucius N. Scovil, the county recorder of Utah County, but some were also kept by Dominicus Carter, Isaac Higbee, and Howard Coray. The deeds of consecration recorded in Utah County begin in 1855 and primarily mention land and property rather than cash contributions.

Dates: 1851-1864