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Jeremiah Burke Sanderson collection, 1859-1915.
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Title:
Jeremiah Burke Sanderson collection, 1859-1915Sanderson
Creator/Contributor:
Sanderson, Jeremiah Burke, d. 1875Creator/Contributor:
Sanderson, Catherine.Creator/Contributor:
Sanders, Mary, 1809-1898.Creator/Contributor:
Sanderson, William Cole.Abstract:
Documents, correspondence, photos, fliers, clippings, and other ephemera pertaining to Jeremiah Burke Sanderson, his family,
and his descendents.
Date:
1859 (issued)Contents:
Folder 1: Biographical information; Folder 2: Journals; Folder 3: Correspondence; Folder 4: Speeches; Folder 5: Handwritten
notes; Folder 6: Photographs; Folder 7: Photographs; Folder 8: Photographs; Folder 9: Clippings; Folder 10: Fliers & programs;
Folder 11: Other.
Subject:
n-us-caAfrican Americans -- California -- Sacramento
African Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century
African Americans -- California -- Stockton
Correspondence
Education -- African Americans -- California
Journals (Diaries)
Photographs
Speeches, addresses, etc
Note:
Jeremiah Burke Sanderson was born August 10, 1821 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He began his abolitionist work at age 19
as secretary of the New Bedford Colored Citizens, and was associated with many leading abolitionists of the time. Moving to
California in 1854 with the intention of making enough money to return home to his family, he quickly became an activist for
African-American rights. Sanderson became secretary of the first California Colored Convention, and worked closely with Peter
Anderson, editor of "Pacific Appeal." He then became involved in education, and established schools for black children in
Sacramento, San Francisco, and Stockton. Having brought his family to California, Sanderson died in a train accident in August
1875.
Sanderson.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Type:
biographyPhysical Description:
print
1 manuscript box; 15 1/2 x 12 x 3 in.
Language:
English
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Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.