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Constitution! Broadside, ca. October 23, 1855. (GLC 06409.01)






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The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society, founded in 1775, was the first organization dedicated to the abolition of slavery. The first page of this document contains the Golden Rule, popular with many abolitionist groups: "All Things whatsoever ye would that Men should do to you, do ye even for to them."








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