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Total number of records: 34

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	34
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	4
English Literature	2
Herbert Read Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
slavery	34
romanies	4
african americans	3
socialism	3
antislavery movements	2
enslaved persons	2
god	2
capitalism	1
children	1
chimney sweeps	1

Count of Place

Place	Count
Algeria	4
Morocco	2
United States	2
Meknes (Morocco)	1
Southern States	1
Spanish Main	1
West Indies	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)	7
Duna, William A	3
Hancock, Ian F	3
Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)	2
Boulet	2
Boulet Abbe	2
Faye, Jean Baptiste De La	2
IsmaʻIl, Sultan of Morocco, -1727	2
La Motte, Philemon De	2
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)	2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	4
From 1700	4
From 1800	21
From 1900	5

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	4
Up to 1799	3
Up to 1899	21
Up to 1999	3
Up to latest	3

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Poetical works of James Montgomery

Montgomery, James (1771-1854); Griswold, Rufus W (1815-1857)

1860

Frontispiece signed: Pickering; Welch and Walter. Added t.p. vignettes signed: G. Jones, R.A.; Welch and Walter. Each volume has added engraved t.p.: Poetical works of James Montgomery... Boston: Phi...

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On slavery, as it existed in England during the Saxon era : and the substitution of villenage after the Norman Conquest, until its gradual extinction

Wright, Joseph (of Doncaster)

1858

"From the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Vol. X. Read 20th May, 1858": cover.

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A word for the slave

Montgomery, James (1771-1854); Sheffield Anti-Slavery Association

1830

Running title: A word for the negro.

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The life and times of Frederick Douglass, from 1817 to 1882

Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895); Lobb, John (1840-1921)

1882

Enlarged from the author's My bondage and my freedom, New York, 1855.

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A letter to the Rev. Thomas Smith, A.M. on the subject of slavery : with some remarks on his conduct at the late meeting, held at the Cutlers' Hall, on the ninth June

Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)

1828

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A cry from the chimneys : or, an integral part of the total abolition of slavery throughout the world

Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)

1837

Pp.[35]-44: A word for climbing boys [poem].

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Omnipotence : as exemplified in the abolition of slavery

Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)

1833

Caption title: Abolition of slavery.

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Omnipotence : as exemplified in the abolition of slavery

Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)

1833

P.[1] at end: Lines in anticipation of August 1st, 1834.

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Uncle Tom's cabin

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)

1852

Title vignette. Originally issued in 13 parts in paper wrappers.

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The negro's friend, or The Sheffield anti-slavery album

Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)

1826

By Samuel Roberts, and others.

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The £20,000,000: its origin, appropriation, and results considered : in a letter to Lord Stanley, and respectfully inscribed to George Stephen, Esq

Yorkshire Delegate

1836

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Tocsin the third : signs of the times. Addressed to the British legislators

Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)

1831

Caption title: Signs of the times; or, the first chapter of the English exodus.