Sydney Howard Gay papers, 1748-1931 | Rare Book & Mancript Library | Columbia Universy Librari Fdg Aids

Contents:

• SYDNEY HOWARD GAY
• GAY, SYDNEY HOWARD
• SYDNEY HOWARD GAY FACTS FOR KIDS
• SYDNEY HOWARD GAY PAPERS, 1748-1931
• GAY, SIDNEY HOWARD

SYDNEY HOWARD GAY

In 1855 and 1856, Sydney Howard Gay, the edor of the weekly abolnist publitn, the Natnal Anti-Slavery Standard and a key operative the unrground railroad New York Cy, cid for unknown reasons to meticuloly rerd the arrival of fugive slav at his office.

The rultg two volum, which he lled The Rerd of Fugiv, ss the Gay Papers at the Rare Books and Mancript Library of Columbia Universy, where has remaed, until recently, virtually untouched.

GAY, SYDNEY HOWARD

Gay terviewed the fugiv, who numbered well over two hundred men, women, and children and rerd their stori.

SYDNEY HOWARD GAY FACTS FOR KIDS

It ntas referenc to well-known dividuals like Harriet Tubman, who passed through New York Cy twice durg the years, and ltle-known figur such as Louis Napoleon, a black porter who worked Gay’s office and was the key operative meetg fugiv who arrived New York and assistg them on their journeys to eedom. But at s heart lie the arrtg stori of the fugiv themselv, as Gay, an acplished journalist, rerd them. This webse reproduc the Rerd of Fugiv, both high rolutn imag of all of s pag (as well as of a few separate sheets on which Gay rerd the experienc of addnal naway slav), and a searchable transcript.

It also clus a spreadsheet piled by Profsor Eric Foner, that summariz the rmatn noted by Gay and William Still bed wh data om other sourc. x Sydney Howard Gay papers. Sydney Howard Gay was the edor of the weekly abolnist publitn, the Natnal Anti-Slavery Standard and a key operative the unrground railroad New York Cy.

SYDNEY HOWARD GAY PAPERS, 1748-1931

Over two years, he meticuloly rerd the arrival of fugive slav at his office two volum he lled The Rerd of Fugiv, which is clud the Gay Papers at the Rare Books and Mancript Library of Columbia Universy. An acplished journalist, Gay terviewed over two hundred men, women, and children and rerd the stori of well-known and lser-known, yet stmental, fugiv, cludg Harriet Tubman.

The Omeka se, Sydney Howard Gay’s Rerd of Fugiv, reproduc the recently redisvered Rerd of Fugiv, both high-rolutn imag of all of s pag and a searchable transcript. It also clus documentatn about 172 dividual slav, piled by Profsor Eric Foner, that summariz the rmatn noted by Gay and William Still bed wh data om other sourc. Catapano created a Wikipedia entry for Sydney Howard Gay (none existed) and clud lks to Dr.

GAY, SIDNEY HOWARD

Foner’s books, to the archive of the Natnal Anti-Slavery Standard (Gay’s abolnist newspaper), and to our exhibn.