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Still, W[illia]m, letter, 31 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, August 7, 1850, to [James O? Cousins, Cincinnati, Ohio]
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Still, W[illia]m, letter, 31 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, August 7, 1850, to [James O? Cousins, Cincinnati, Ohio]
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Title
Letter, William Still describing his meeting with his brother Peter. Philadelphia, August 7, 1850.
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore00000002022.Manuscript.000051244
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Correspondence
Subject
Name
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NamePart
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Still, Peter, b. 1801
Abstract
William Still relates the story of Peter Freedman [Peter Still] coming to William Still's office in Philadelphia to learn how to locate relatives; notes the writer's realization and amazement that Peter was one of his "long absent brothers"; and states that Peter has thus located various family members: his mother, five brothers and three sisters. This item is labeled in ink as if addressed to "Peter Freedman," with an added notation in pencil regarding its transmittal to Cousins.
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3 p.
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Cousins
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James O.
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Still
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William
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1821-1902
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1850-08-07
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Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
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NjRV
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Peter Still papers, 1850-1875
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rucore00000002022
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Digital exhibition
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Struggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civi War
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Perrone, Fernanda
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Radick, Caryn
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New Jersey Council for the Humanities
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African Americans in New Jersey before the Civil War
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A large and vibrant African-American community lived in New Jersey before the Civil War. On the eve of the conflict, the black population was 25, 336 out of a total of 646,699. Years after the abolition of slavery, African Americans still lacked legal and political rights. The new state constitution of 1844 restricted voting to white male citizens. African Americans in New Jersey also faced poverty, job discrimination, and racism. The Fugitive Slave Bill subjected escapees from the South to deportation. During the tense period leading up to the conflict, African-American community leaders emerged to play important roles in the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad.
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Born a slave in Maryland in 1801, Peter Still was later sold to an Alabama slaveholder. By 1850, he had accumulated enough money to purchase his own freedom and head north, but he had to leave his wife, Vina, and children behind. In Philadelphia, he visited the Anti-Slavery Office in the hope of locating his parents and relatives, who years before had escaped to New Jersey. To his surprise, the clerk in the office was his brother William Still. In this letter from William Still describes their meeting: “my feelings became unutterable.”
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2
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doi:10.7282/T36110JV
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This object may be copyright protected. You may make use of this resource under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 3.0 Unported license (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). For any use not specifically declared under this license, please contact the rights holder for permission for further use.
Copyright
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Public domain
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Open
Publication
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Unpublished
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Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
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Archive or repository
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Source
Shelving
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MC 1392
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Text or graphic (paper)
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Manuscript
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3
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Exhibition
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Struggle Without End: The Civil War in New Jersey
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Special Collections and University Archives Gallery and Gallery 50
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2012-09-19
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2013-08-31
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African Americans in New Jersey before the Civil War
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A large and vibrant African-American community lived in New Jersey before the Civil War. On the eve of the conflict, the black population was 25, 336 out of a total of 646,699. Years after the abolition of slavery, African Americans still lacked legal and political rights. The new state constitution of 1844 restricted voting to white male citizens. African Americans in New Jersey also faced poverty, job discrimination, and racism. The Fugitive Slave Bill subjected escapees from the South to deportation. During the tense period leading up to the conflict, African-American community leaders emerged to play important roles in the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad.
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Exhibition caption
Detail
Letter, William Still describing his meeting with his brother Peter. Philadelphia, August 7, 1850. Peter Still Papers Born a slave in Maryland in 1801, Peter Still was later sold to an Alabama slaveholder. By 1850, he had accumulated enough money to purchase his own freedom and head north, but he had to leave his wife, Vina, and children behind. In Philadelphia, he visited the Anti-Slavery Office in the hope of locating his parents and relatives, who years before had escaped to New Jersey. To his surprise, the clerk in the office was his brother William Still. In this letter from Rutgers’ Peter Still Papers, William Still describes their meeting: “my feelings became unutterable.”
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