Item Information

Dublin Core

Title

Record of fugitives

Subject

Fugitive slaves--United States

Description

Record of slave escapes kept by the American abolitionist Sydney Howard Gay.

Creator

Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888

Date

1855-1856

MODS

Key Date

1855 - 1856

Form/Genre

manuscripts

Physical Description

Two notebooks -- book 1 (1855) and book 2 (1856) -- and addenda.

Repository Name

Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Shelf Location

MS0475

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Collection

Sydney Howard Gay Papers

Citation

Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888, “Record of fugitives,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 20, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/8993.