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["<p> Pamphlet. \"Daily Intelligencer print., cor. Quincy and Main Sts., Wheeling.\"</p>"]

1. To the people of Virginia : address and resolutions adopted at the Republican State Convention, held in Wheeling, May 2d, 1860. Letter from Frank Pierpont : a raking expose of the iniquities of the tax bill. Gradual emancipation : abstract from a memorial of the citizens of Augusta County, to the Richmond Convention of 1829, imploring them to take some steps looking to gradual emancipation.

Creator Personal:
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899.
Title:
To the people of Virginia : address and resolutions adopted at the Republican State Convention, held in Wheeling, May 2d, 1860. Letter from Frank Pierpont : a raking expose of the iniquities of the tax bill. Gradual emancipation : abstract from a memorial of the citizens of Augusta County, to the Richmond Convention of 1829, imploring them to take some steps looking to gradual emancipation.
Call Number:
P12052
Date:
[1860?]
Description:

Pamphlet. "Daily Intelligencer print., cor. Quincy and Main Sts., Wheeling."

Subject Corporate Names:
Republican Party (Va.). Convention (1860 : Wheeling)
Subject Meeting Names:
Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830)
Subject Topical:
Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., Slaves--Emancipation--Virginia., Slavery--West Virginia., Slavery--Virginia., Taxation--West Virginia., Taxation--Virginia., Slavery--United States.
All:
Slaves--Emancipation--Virginia., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., Slavery--United States., Taxation--West Virginia., Taxation--Virginia., Slavery--West Virginia., Slavery--Virginia., Republican Party (Va.). Convention (1860 : Wheeling), Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830)

2. Making West Virginia a free state.

Creator Personal:
Taylor, Alrutheus Ambush.
Title:
Making West Virginia a free state.
Call Number:
P16675
Date:
1921
Description:
Journal article reprint from: The Journal of Negro History, v.6:no.2 (1921:Apr.).
Subject Topical:
Slavery--West Virginia., African Americans--West Virginia--History., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia.
All:
Slavery--West Virginia., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., African Americans--West Virginia--History.

3. Collection of A New home for liberty : human rights, slavery, and the creation of West Virginia poster and performance programs.

Creator Corporate Names:
Friends of Blackwater Canyon (Charleston, W. Va.). J. R. Clifford Project.
Title:
Collection of A New home for liberty : human rights, slavery, and the creation of West Virginia poster and performance programs.
Call Number:
P17486
Date:
2011-2012
Description:

Collection. Poster is undated. "The J. R. Clifford Project is a program of Friends of Blackwater, Inc., a 501©3 organization. For more information visit www.saveblackwater.org."

Subject Geographic:
West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama.
Subject Topical:
Slavery--Virginia--Statistics., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., Slavery--West Virginia--History., Historical reenactments--West Virginia--Drama.
All:
Slavery--Virginia--Statistics., West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama. , Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., Slavery--West Virginia--History., Historical reenactments--West Virginia--Drama.

4. The Journal of Negro history.

Title:
The Journal of Negro history.
Call Number:
P3509
Date:
1921-1974
Description:

Serial. Printed Ephemera Collection has: v.6:no.2 (1921:Apr.), v.59:no.2 (1974:Apr.). Issue for Apr. 1921 includes articles with title: Making West Virginia a free state, by Alrutheus A. Taylor, and: Canadian Negroes and the John Brown raid, by Fred Landon. Appended to inside back cover of binding is part of the vol. 5, no. 10 issue of: The Month at Goodspeed's Book Shop which includes as a frontispiece illustration the first page of the document known as "the John Brown Constitution" (cf. The Month, p. 315). Issue for Apr. 1974 includes article: Slavery and the western Virginia salt industry, by John Edmund Stealey, III.

Subject Personal:
Brown, John, 1800-1859--Trials, litigation, etc.
Subject Geographic:
Harper's Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.
Subject Topical:
African Americans--Periodicals., Salt industry and trade--West Virginia--History., Black people--Canada--History., Salt industry and trade--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley--History., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., African Americans--West Virginia--History., Slavery--West Virginia.
All:
Salt industry and trade--West Virginia--History., Salt industry and trade--West Virginia--Kanawha River Valley--History., Harper's Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859., Slavery--West Virginia., African Americans--West Virginia--History., African Americans--Periodicals., Brown, John, 1800-1859--Trials, litigation, etc., Black people--Canada--History., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia.
["Print copies of digital scans of pamphlet."]

5. An Address to the constitutional convention and the people of West Virginia.

Creator Personal:
Battelle, G. (Gordon), 1814-1862.
Title:
An Address to the constitutional convention and the people of West Virginia.
Call Number:
P6147
Date:
[186?]
Description:
Print copies of digital scans of pamphlet.
Subject Corporate Names:
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1861-1863)
Subject Geographic:
West Virginia--Politics and government--1861-1865.
Subject Topical:
African Americans--West Virginia--History., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., Slavery--West Virginia--History.
All:
Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1861-1863), African Americans--West Virginia--History., West Virginia--Politics and government--1861-1865., Slavery--West Virginia--History.