Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery

John J. Crittenden served as U.S. attorney general, U.S. Senator, and governor of Kentucky. His papers consist mostly of correspondence, but also contain legal documents, speeches, and state papers from his political career. Slavery holds a prominent position in Crittenden's papers, as do national and state politics and secession.

"Originally compiled as a short course of lectures on the Roman law, and read before the Law School at Cambridge, in the second term of the academic year 1848-1849."--P. [v].

A newly typeset edition of the classic 1853 biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the brilliant military leader who defeated Napoleon's generals and liberated the slaves of Haiti.

Caleb Cushing served as a Massachusetts state senator, a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and U.S. attorney general. This collection houses his diaries and journals, general correspondence, legal correspondence, and his speeches. Cushing's papers will particularly interest those researching northern views on slavery or the Dred Scott decision.

James Henry Hammond was a South Carolina governor, a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and one of the most outspoken of pro-slavery advocates in the decades before the American Civil War. This collection contains his correspondence, speeches, and plantation documents covering such topics as slavery, nullification, secession, and states' rights. Hammond's papers are indispensable for researchers interested in South Carolina and national politics before the Civil War, as well as pro-slavery rhetoric, the institution of slavery, and the operation of plantations.