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Handwritten poem about [Thomas] Clarkson by S. R. (Samuel Roberts).

Scope and Contents From the File: Album titled 'Negro’s Album of the Sheffield Anti-Slavery Society, [Sheffield], 1828'. The first third of the album is printed material, and the rest are handwritten contributions in prose and verse by a number of different people, with several illustrations. James Montgomery contributes a number of poems, with notes.A handwritten note in the front of the album reads: 'N 1. Sheffield Female Anti-Slavery Society[.] It is particularly requested that no book belonging to this...

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Handwritten essay titled 'Slavery inconsistent with the Christian religion', by [?] Smith.

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Handwritten essay titled 'Thoughts British on colonial slavery', by William H. Vale.

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Handwritten poem titled 'Deplorable condition of the sons of Africa' by Frederic Fysh.

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Handwritten poem titled 'Slavery’s prayer and freedom’s response' by John Holland, of Sheffield Park.

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Handwritten essay titled 'Christianity - the advocate of freedom', by James Knight.

Scope and Contents From the File: Album titled 'Negro’s Album of the Sheffield Anti-Slavery Society, [Sheffield], 1828'. The first third of the album is printed material, and the rest are handwritten contributions in prose and verse by a number of different people, with several illustrations. James Montgomery contributes a number of poems, with notes.A handwritten note in the front of the album reads: 'N 1. Sheffield Female Anti-Slavery Society[.] It is particularly requested that no book belonging to this...

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Handwritten extract from a speech by Daniel Bryan which he made in the Senate of Virginia in 1820, arguing against the institution of slavery. Decorated with images of flowers.

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Handwritten text titled 'The Blessings of Freedom' by [Mary] B.

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Handwritten essay titled 'The humble attempt of a foe to slavery, to excite the friends of freedom to greater exertions, in promoting the liberation of the poor negroes, in the British Colonies.' by Joseph Hudson.

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Handwritten 'Description of Regents-town' (now Sierra Leone), with information taken from a register dated November 1820.

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Handwritten extracts from James Montgomery's poem 'A Voyage round the World', 5 verses, beginning 'The West Indies I behold…'.

Scope and Contents Handwritten prose titled 'Giant Despair visited in his Castle', with a preface signed by James Montgomery: 'The above formidable title may with great propriety be given to the following humble and affecting narrative, in which a simple-minded disciple of the meek and lowly Jesus ventured, in his Master’s name, to encounter a personage not less cruel and unrelenting to miserable negroes that fell into his clutches, than Giant Despair himself was to unfortunate Pilgrims whom he found...

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Handwritten poem titled 'The piccaninny’s petition', with a pencil sketch of an enslaved person and enslaver, by Samuel Roberts of Park Grange.

Scope and Contents From the File: Album titled 'Negro’s Album of the Sheffield Anti-Slavery Society, [Sheffield], 1828'. The first third of the album is printed material, and the rest are handwritten contributions in prose and verse by a number of different people, with several illustrations. James Montgomery contributes a number of poems, with notes.A handwritten note in the front of the album reads: 'N 1. Sheffield Female Anti-Slavery Society[.] It is particularly requested that no book belonging to this...

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Handwritten extract of a poem by James Montgomery, beginning 'Freighted with curses was the bark that bore…'.

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Handwritten poem titled 'The Slave Ship', along with text, by Mary Sterndale.

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Handwritten poem by Catharine Read of Wincobank, beginning 'Our Master Jesus, reigned above...'.

Scope and Contents From the File: Album titled 'Negro’s Album of the Sheffield Anti-Slavery Society, [Sheffield], 1828'. The first third of the album is printed material, and the rest are handwritten contributions in prose and verse by a number of different people, with several illustrations. James Montgomery contributes a number of poems, with notes.A handwritten note in the front of the album reads: 'N 1. Sheffield Female Anti-Slavery Society[.] It is particularly requested that no book belonging to this...