Waterton (right) sits erect and composed astride a Cayman (South American alligator) holdings its forelegs twisted backwards as a bridle. He is barefooted, wearing white shirt and trousers, with a knife in his belt. Four Indians and three black enslaved men haul at the rope attached to the bait which the creature has swallowed. Behind is the river with a long canoe lying against the shore. On the opposite bank are dense trees, some with hammocks slung between them. See British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Below title: "Vide Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton Esqr. Page 232"., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1831.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1827 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
South America,
Subject (Name):
Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865, and Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865.
Subject (Topic):
Indians, Enslaved persons, Black people, and Alligators
The English sportsman sits in a chair with his feet supported on a stool, gun in hand. He wears a hat with an enormous brim. A negro servant stands behind him (right) holding up an umbrella and a branch to beat off flies. A negro boy approaches his master, who grins delightedly, with a huge goblet on a salver. Below the design: "Make haste with the Sangaree, Quashie, and tell Quaco to drive the Birds up to me, I'm ready". Under a palm-tree (left) is a table covered with food: a shoulder of mutton (?), fish, a sucking-pig, a round of bee(?). On the ground are many bottles, some on their sides, a basket of pineapples and limes (or lemons), and a row of large jars: 'Royal Punch 5 gal:', 'Sangaree 5 Gal:', 'Brandy', 'Rum' [on its side], 'Sangrorum 10 Gal' [extra-large and close to the sportsman]; also a much smaller jar of 'Water' [broken], and a number of empty bottles. In the middle distance a negro runs, driving birds towards the sportsman. Near him in the middle distance, a second sportsman reclines on a settee; a negress holds an umbrella over his head. The scene is a flat sunny plain, with distant hills. From British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., A satire on the decadence of Englishmen in West Indies, published shortly after the successful passage of Wilberforce's bill to abolish slavery., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of publisher's advertisement below title. From a more complete impression in the British Museum online catalogue, advertisement reads: London. Of Mr Holland may be had the following West India Prints, Johnny Newcome in the Island of Jamaica - A Grand Jamaica Ball - Martial Law in Jamaica - The Blessings of Jamaica - and a Segar Smoking Society in Jamaica 5s each - A large Portrait of Rachel Pringle of Barbadoes 7s 6 - Likewise Gillray's Sale of English Beauties in the East Indies 7s 6'., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1, 1807 by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
West Indies, British. and West Indies, British
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Race relations, Alcoholic beverages, Game bird hunting, Leisure, Enslaved persons, and Umbrellas
A black rebel holds a musket in his right hand as he turns to his left looking up apprehensively. Around his waist is a bandolier with a pouch and a hatchet. At his feet is the skull of a human head. Behind him on the right in the distance are two blacks running in the brush, also armed with rifles
Alternative Title:
Rebel negro armed and on his guard
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from other illustrations in this publication., The engravings are believed to have based on drawings by the author J.G. Stedman, two of the plates acknowledging the attribution. Stedman was a friend of William Blake who may have assisted Stedman, an amateur artist., and Plate published for: Stedman, J.G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America. London : J. Johnson & T. Payne, 1806-1813.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st 1794 by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Suriname. and Guiana.
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Enslaved persons, Indians of South America, Rebels, and Rifles
A young quadroon (person of one quarter black ancestry) shown full-length standing on a shore beside a blooming bush, holding her hat on with her right hand and a handkerchief in her left. Two women are shown in the distance on the left. The one (an enslaved woman) holds a large umbrella over her mistress walking ahead of her
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from other illustrations in this publication., The engravings are believed to have based on drawings by the author J.G. Stedman, two of the plates acknowledging the attribution. Stedman was a friend of William Blake who may have assisted Stedman, an amateur artist., Plate from: Stedman, J. G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America. London : J. Johnson & T. Payne, 1806-1813., and Offset from letterpress text on verso.
Publisher:
J. Johnson
Subject (Geographic):
Suriname. and Guiana.
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Indians of South America, and Enslaved persons
"Ktābā d-Húdāyē" (Book of Directions), also translated "Book of Guidances/Guides, and Nomocanon", "al-Hidāyāt" and "al-Hadāyā" (in Arabic), on canon law, by Bār ʻEbrāyā (Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286), foremost representative of the Syriac renaissance of the 12th-13th centuries (folios 1a-146b (pages 1-289)), followed by 1. "Basis for calculation of inheritance according to the laws of the Arabs, and laws for manumission of slaves (pages 290-303). 2. "Laws of the victorious Christian emperors (sententiae syriacae)" (pages 303-307). 3. "Laws of the victorious Christian emperors Constantine, Theodosius, and Leo, Syro-Roman law book" (pages 307-337). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 17th century
Alternative Title:
Húdāyē, Ktobo d-Hudoye, Hudoye, and ܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ
Description:
In Syriac., Title from the text and reference sources, Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The codex starts with a table of contents, as follows: "B-yad Alāhā Marē kūl mašarénan l-mektab 'Ktābā d-Húdāyē' meṭūl qānūnē ʻidtānāyē ú-nāmúsē ʻelmānāyē men syāmē d-Abún Māry Grígúríyos Mapryānā d-Madnḥā" (By the help of God, Lord of All, we start to write the 'Book of Directions' about the eclesiastical and secular laws, which is authored by our Father, Mār Grigorios, Maphrian of the East)., 17.5 x 27.5 cm; written surface: 12.5 x 20.5 cm (in two columns; 34 lines per column)., Binding: In dark brown leather with flap., In good West Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red., The pages of the codex are also numbered in Syriac letters., Laid in: Two slips of notes about the manuscript (in French)., Table of contents (folios 1b-2a)., At the end of table of contents, the following statement: "Šlem menyān qeplē d-Ktābā d-Húyāyē, d-qārēʼ hākíl nṣālē ʻlay b-ḥúbā" (The listing of the chapters of the 'Book of Directions' is completed. Let him who reads pray for me in love)., The table of contents is followed by the titles of the three supplementary works, as follows: 1. "Ḥušbānā d-yārtūtā ayk nāmúsā d-Ṭayāyē." 2. "Nāmúsā d-malkē Krisṭíyāne." 3. "Nāmúsā Krisṭíyānā d-sím men Malkā Qúsṭanṭínús ú-Tāʼúdúsíyús ú-Lā́ún Malkā Rúmāyē.", On folio 3b (in pencil): "Ktābā d-Húdāyē d-sím l-Mapryānā Bar ʻEbrāyā d-lā síqúmā" (Book of Direction authored by Maphrian Bar Hebraeus is without date)., On folio 4a: An endowment statement (in Garshūnī and some Syriac) dated 5 February 1884, as follows: "Wāqif Kānīst Mār Buṭrus wa-Mār Būluṣ bi-Ūrfah: Ṭīmutāwus Aps Būlus Úrhoyo / 5 Šbāṭ 84 M" (The endower to the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Urfa [al-Ruhā / Edessa] is Timotheus Aps. Paulus Urhoyo / 5 February 84 M)., At the end of page 337: Statement of the original endowment by the unnamed donor (in Garshūnī with some Syriac) as follows: "Lammā ḥaḍarnā fī al-Ruhā fī sanat BY Yūnānīyah waqafnā hādhā 'Kitāb al-Hadāyā' ilá Kanīsat Mār Buṭrus wa-Būlus waqfan ṣaḥīḥan. Wa-kulman yaṭmaʻ ʻalayhi wa-yukhrijuhu min al-waqfīyah yakūnu taḥta kalimat Allāh, wa-yakūnu maḥūm min fam Māry Buṭrus wa-Māry Būlus. Āmīn ú-Ābūn ba-šmāyā u-šarkā.", Translation of the original statement of endowment: "When we arrived in al-Ruhā [Urfa/Edessa], in the Greek year BY [i.e. 2012 = 1699/1700] we endowed this 'Book of Directions' to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, an authentic lawful endowment. Anyone who covets it and takes it out of its endowment location shall be under the word of God and will be excommunicated by the mouth of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Amen. 'Our Father who art in Heaven', etc.", The last five leaves of the manuscript are blank., Colophon of "Ktābā d-Húdāyē": "Šlem 'Ktābā d-Húdāyē' ú-l-Alāhā šúbḥā d-ḥayel ú-ʻadar wa-ʻlayn raḥmāwhe l-ʻālam ʻālmí. Amín ú-Amín.", and Translation of the colophon: "The Book of Directions is completed. Praise be to God who empowered and helped. May His mercies be upon us for ever and ever. Amen and Amen."
Subject (Geographic):
Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):
Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286.
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Syrian Orthodox Church, Inheritance and succession (Islamic law), Law, Byzantine, Nomocanon, Roman law, Enslaved persons, Emancipation, Law and legislation, and Syriac language
Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūrat al-Masad (1-2); Sūrat al-Baqarah (285-286); Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (46); Sūrat 'Abasa (34-37); Sūrat al-Infiṭār (19); Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (40); Sūrat al-Mulk (1-13). Quotations from grammatical treatises include verses from Mulḥat al-iʻrāb (Ḥarīrī) and Alfīyat Ibn Mālik (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh). In the center of the first page, a geometric drawing encloses the Arabic text "Shaykh General Jim Owen," along with two unidentified words. In addition to the text relating to John and James Owen and the quotations, Said expresses a wish to see a place [Kaba?] in Africa and With cover letter, in English, from John Louis Taylor, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, dated Raleigh, North Carolina, 1819 October 10, to Francis Scott Key, George Town [Washington, DC]. Taylor describes Said's history and relationship with his owner James Owen, and requests Key's assistance in obtaining a translation of the enclosed manuscript. He also asks for Key's advice in obtaining an Arabic Bible for Said, and discusses his hope that Said could be persuaded to return to Africa with "the Colonization Society," likely the American Colonization Society, of which both Taylor and Key were members
Description:
Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until the end of his life, Said was owned by politician James Owen of Bladen County, North Carolina, brother of North Carolina Governor John Owen., In Arabic., Notes on Taylor letter: "Letter from Judge Taylor - enclosing an Arabic Amulet" ; "Judge Taylor's letter and mss to be sent to Dr Stuart, Andover" ; "To the Library of the Theol. Seminary from M. Stuart, 22 April 1837." Moses Stuart was Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Theological Seminary from 1810 to 1848., Accompanied by a copy of The Missionary Herald (Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, April 1869) which includes an article, in English, "Arabic-Speaking Negro Mohammedans in Africa," by George E. Post, that discusses Said's manuscript, Taylor's letter, and subsequent events and writings by Said., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
North Carolina., Africa., North Carolina, Cape Fear River Region., United States., Cape Fear River Region (N.C.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843., Owen, James, 1784-1865., Owen, John, 1787-1841., Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863., Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829., and American Colonization Society.
Subject (Topic):
African American Muslims, African Americans, Colonization, Arabic language, Grammar, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons' writings, American, and Race relations
Volume containing 13 autograph letters, signed, collected by A. Conger Goodyear and pertaining to Yale alumni or employees, 1742-1846, Elisha Williams, Wethersfield, Connecticut, to Reverend Stephen Williams, 1742 July 5., Richard Sill (Yale 1755), New Haven, Connecticut, to Nathan Hale (Yale 1773), New London, Connecticut, 1775 March 5., William Robinson, New Haven, Connecticut, to Nathan Hale (Yale 1773), Roxbury, Connecticut, 1776 February 19., Timothy Dwight (Yale 1744) to George Washington, 1778 March 8., John C. Calhoun (Yale 1804), Washington, D.C., to M. Sterling, Watertown, New York, 1818 April 1., Noah Webster (Yale 1778), Amherst, Massachusetts, to Jedidiah Morse (Yale 1783, MA 1786), New Haven, Connecticut, 1820 September 27., Samuel F. B. Morse (Yale 1810), Washington, D.C., to Jedidiah Morse (Yale 1783, MA 1786), New Haven, Connecticut, 1821 December 7., Samuel F. B. Morse (Yale 1810), Washington, D.C., to Louis McLane, London, England, 1846 March 24., Eli Whitney (Yale 1792), New Haven, Connecticut, to Lieutenant Drummer, 1814 August 28., Roger Sherman, Eliphalet Dyer (Yale 1740), and Silas Deane (Yale 1758), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to “Col. Butler, Esqr. Denison, Esqr. Judd, & Mr. Slumon,” 1775 August 2., Autograph accounts rendered by Richard Morris (Yale 1748) to Lewis Morris (Yale 1746) in New York, 1765. Noted are multiple purchases of enslaved people, Samuel F. B. Morse (Yale 1810) to David Dudley Field (Yale 1802), undated, Jedidiah Morse (Yale 1783, MA 1786), Charleston, South Carolina, to “Dear Sir,” 1818 June 30., and Theodore Dwight Woolsey (Yale 1820), New Haven, Connecticut, to Benjamin F. Thompson, Hempstead, Long Island, 1841 October 25.
Description:
A. Conger Goodyear (1877-1964) (Yale 1899) succeeded his father, Charles W. Goodyear, as director of the Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts in 1912 and was appointed the first president of the Museum of Modern Art in 1929., In English., Title from volume spine., and Some letters accompanied by typescript summaries or transcriptions.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State) and New Haven (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850. (John Caldwell),, Deane, Silas, 1738-1789., Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817., Dyer, Eliphalet, 1721-1807., Field, David D. 1781-1867. (David Dudley),, Goodyear, A. Conger 1877-1964. (Anson Conger),, Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776., McLane, Louis, 1786-1857., Morris, Lewis, 1726-1798., Morris, Richard, 1730-1810., Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826., Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872., Robinson, William, 1754-1825., Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793., Sill, Richard, 1755-1790., Thompson, Benjamin F. 1784-1849. (Benjamin Franklin),, Washington, George, 1732-1799., Webster, Noah, 1758-1843., Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825., Williams, Elisha, 1694-1755., Williams, Stephen, 1693-1782., Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889., and Yale University. Alumni.
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Degrading punishments] / W. Hogarth delt. ; A.M.I. fecit., With: [Freemen degraded and sold into slavery] / W. Hogarth delt. ; A.M.I. fecit., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), nos. 64, 66, and 72., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, opposite page 50.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Degrading punishments] / W. Hogarth invt. ; A.M. Ireland sculpt., With: [Freemen degraded and sold into slavery] / W. Hogarth invt. ; A.M. Ireland sculpt., State with altered statements of responsibility and plate nos added., The top plate with the image of Banishment numbered "Plate 3.", Middle plate with the image of Degrading punishments number "Plate 4.", Lower plate with the image of Freemen degraded and sold into slavery number "Plate 5.", Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), nos. 64, 66, and 72., and Later state with plate numbers added. Cf. Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, opposite page 50.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
