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The African American and African Diaspora Collection is comprised largely of individual letters, documents, and other manuscript items from the William L. Clements Library relating to slavery, abolition movements, and various aspects of African American life, largely dating between 1781 and 1865.
NOTE: This collection contains only individual items that are not a part of larger bodies of papers. Please also search the Clements Library's finding aids and catalog records for an abundance of additional papers, books, maps, and visual materials pertinent to African American history.
Digitized Collection Contents
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This collection is comprised of digital surrogates of original materials held by the William L. Clements Library. To access the original items, please consult the collection's finding aid (linked from the menu above) and see the Clements Library website to plan your visit.
Rights and Permissions
The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Most of these materials are believed to be in the public domain in the US. A couple of the letters may still be subject to copyright, as indicated by their item-level rights statement.