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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Report From the County of Madison.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04717.11 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: Peterboro, New York Type: Printed document Date: 13 November 1843 Pagination: 3 p. ; 30.7 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Smith inspires Madison County abolitionists following a recent election: "We have 'kept' the whole antislavery 'faith.' We have stood up for all its righteous and glorious principles; and have stood by each other. We have pursued slavery, hotly and unsparingly, into all its hiding-places, whether in the Church or in the State."

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

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