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Cornell's
Anti-Slavery and Civil War Collections
The Cornell University Library owns one of the richest collections of
anti-slavery and Civil War materials in the world, thanks in large part
to Cornell's first President, Andrew Dickson White, who developed an early
interest in both fostering, and documenting the abolitionist movement
and the Civil War. Even before his arrival at Cornell, White used his
lectures at the University of Michigan to respond to the issues of the
War by pointing out to his students as many examples as he could of societies
that valued the rights of free men over the shallow benefits of slavery.
White also invited abolitionists such as Wendell Phillips and Frederick
Douglass to lecture on the Michigan campus. And although White himself
did not qualify for military service, he rallied the Michigan units and
stirred students with his lectures on individual duty and individual rights.
Copyright
© 2002 Division of Rare & Manuscript
Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853
Phone Number: (607) 255-3530. Fax Number: (607) 255-9524
For information about copyright issues and securing permission to publish digital reproductions of images from the Samuel May Anti-Slavery Collection, please consult our Copyright & Permissions Page.
For
reference questions, send mail to:
rareref@cornell.edu
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