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Collection Title:
Creator:
Powell, Harriet, fl. 1839.
Inclusive Dates:
1877-1941
Abstract:
Material relating to Tom Leonard and the 1839 escape of Harriet Powell, "white lady fugitive." Clippings from the Sunday Morning Times (Syracuse, New York), June 10, 1877, and a narrative explanation dated October 1941.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Memoirs.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Slavery -- United States.

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Collection Title:
Creator:
Washington, Henry A.
Inclusive Dates:
1947-1986
Abstract:
Spanning 1947 to 1986, comprises biographical material, correspondence, and memorabilia of the African-American community leader and physician and his wife, Evelyn T. Washington. The first African-American physician to establish a permanent practice in Syracuse, New York, Dr. Washington has been called one of "Syracuse's black pioneers."
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Subject:
Physicians.
African Americans
New York State
Science and medicine
African American physicians.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.