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African American -- Afro-American -- black -- Negro

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\STYLES AND PERIODS FACET\Styles and Periods\styles and periods by region\The Americas\modern American styles and periods\modern North American styles and movements\

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Act for Punishment of Thefts and Other Crimes Adopted by National Council, September 19, 1839

 Item — Folder 634: [Barcode: 187.634]
Identifier: 4026.824-.1
Description

Act for punishment of thefts and other crimes adopted by National Council signed by William Shorey Coodey; Pres. Nat. Committee, Young Wolf and David Carter, Speaker and Clerk, of National Council; also Chief John Ross. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 634

Dates: September 19, 1839

Act Relative to Duties of Census Takers, October 27, 1841

 Item — Folder 785: [Barcode: 187.785]
Identifier: 4026.951-.1
Description

Act relative to duties of census takers signed by Joseph Vann and Thos. F. Taylor for National Committee, by A. Fields and Jesse Bushyhead for National Council, and approved by Andrew M. Vann, Acting Chief. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 785

Dates: October 27, 1841

Act Relative to Reasons Disturbing Cherokees or Whites Assembled for Divine Worship, October 7, 1839

 Item — Folder 666: [Barcode: 187.666]
Identifier: 4026.855
Description

Act relative to reasons disturbing Cherokees or whites assembled for divine worship. (Same signers as in September 19, 1839, 4026.824) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 666

Dates: October 7, 1839

Affidavit of Persis Lovely, March 15, 1832

 Item — Folder 69: [Barcode: 187.69]
Identifier: 4026.105
Description

Affidavit of Persis Lovely concerning a negro given to Patsy Chisholm by Titus Ogden Chisholm. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 69

Dates: March 15, 1832

Bill of Sale of Negro Boy by Susan Coodey to Chief John Ross, April 19, 1850

 Item — Folder 989: [Barcode: 187.989]
Identifier: 4026.1146
Description

Bill of sale of Negro boy by Susan Coodey to Chief John Ross. (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 989

Dates: April 19, 1850

Claim by John Drew for expenses incurred while pursuing runaway Negroes, 1842

 Item — Folder 44: [Barcode: 61.44]
Identifier: 4026.1584.73
Description

Claim by John Drew for $351.80 for expenses incurred as captain of a company authorized to pursue certain runaway Negroes. Claim was approved by committee and council December 22, 1842. Folder 44

Dates: 1842

Claim by Thomas Woodward against United States, November 16, 1840

 Item — Folder 753: [Barcode: 187.753]
Identifier: 4026.923-.1
Description

Claim by Thomas Woodward against United States for negro woman wrongfully taken by white man; affidavit for payments by United States wrongfully made from Woodward's money from Spoliation claim withheld by U. S. Folder. Single sheet with handwritten text, in ink, on both sides. Folded sheet with handwritten text, in ink, on 3 sides. Folder 753

Dates: November 16, 1840

Copy of Deposition of C.G.B. Strode, October 1, 1838

 Item — Folder 451: [Barcode: 187.451]
Identifier: 4026.667-.1
Description

Copy of deposition of C.G.B. Strode in case against James and Kitty Vaught to recover slaves taken by them from Strode. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 451



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: October 1, 1838

Dorothy Irene Height, a renowned Black female activist with Dr. Charles Ogletree at the United States House of Representatives in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4328.10538
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Dorothy Height, renown black female activist, Dr. Charles Ogletree, U.S. House of Rep., D.C. March 8, 2005" in lower center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 129/142 > olgetree+Julia Hare_+ 58> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks Ms. Dorothy Height Civil...
Dates: March 8, 2005