The Hubley Collection contains legal documents, case papers, family and military papers, wills, deeds, bills and receipts, indentures for servants and enslaved persons, correspondence, petitions, and church-related information.
Admin/Biographical History
John Hubley and Joseph Hubley were Lancaster attorneys.
System of Arrangement
The legal papers are arranged chronologically. Case papers are arranged
alphabetically by surname of the plaintiff or defendant. Family papers are grouped by the family member's name and chronologically within that name. Box 6 is arranged chronologically.
Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law, no. 14
Contents
Chapters: CHAPTER I. THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY / CHAPTER II / THE PROBLEM / CHAPTER III. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1638-1820 / CHAPTER IV. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1820-1896 / CHAPTER V. THE SIZE, AGE AND SEX OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VI. CONJUGAL CONDITION / CHAPTER VII. SOURCES OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY / CHAPTER IX. THE OCCUPATIONS OF NEGROES / CHAPTER X. THE HEALTH OF NEGROES / CHAPTER XI. THE NEGRO FAMILY / CHAPTER XII. THE ORGANIZED LIFE OF NEGROES.CHAPTER / XIII. THE NEGRO CRIMINAL.CHAPTER / XIV. PAUPERISM AND ALCOHOLISM.CHAPTER / XV. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEGRO.CHAPTER / XVI. THE CONTACT OF THE RACESCHAPTER / XVII. NEGRO SUFFRAGE.CHAPTER / XVIII. A FINAL WORD.
"Born in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania at the end of the 18th century to a slave mother and an unknown father, Stephen Smith overcame the handicaps posed by racism and poverty to become one of the wealthiest African Americans in the United States. As his prosperity and prominence increased, Smith also became a recognized and respected leader of the African American community, first in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and later on the state and national level...I have sought to understand the forces that shaped him, the circumstances that allowed him to succeed in business when so many others were unable to do so, and the contributions he made to the African American community." [from the author]
Treason at Christiana, September 11, 1951 The true story of a Battle of Freedom on the Underground Railroad that Rocked the Nation, Threatened Secesion of States from the Union and Brought a Charge of Treason by the Federal Government Against 38 Americans
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-242) and index.
Contents
The African roots of Colonial America -- Slavery: from the revolution to the cotton kingdom -- Westward expansion, antislavery, and resistance -- Troublesome property: the many forms of slave resistance -- A hard-won freedom: from Civil War contraband to emancipation -- Creating freedom during and after the war.
Summary
The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first Africans brought to British colonies in the early seventeenth century to the end of Reconstruction. The authors document the horrors of slavery, particularly in the deep South, and describe the valiant struggles to escape bondage, from dramatic tales of slaves such as William and Ellen Craft to Dred Scott's doomed attempt to win his freedom through the Supreme Court. We see how slavery set our nation on the road of violence, from bloody riots that broke out in American cities over fugitive slaves, to the cataclysm of the Civil War. Along the way, readers meet such individuals as "Black Sam" Fraunces, a West Indian mulatto who owned the Queen's Head Tavern in New York City, a key meeting place for revolutionaries in the 1760s and 1770s. Indeed, the book is filled with stories of remarkable African Americans, from Sergeant William H. Carney, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the crucial assault on Fort Wagner during the Civil War, to Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, a former slave who led freed African Americans to a new life on the American frontier. With more than one hundred illustrations, Slavery and the Making of America is a gripping account of the struggles of African Americans against the iniquity of slavery.
