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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Gerrit Smith's reply to the colored citizens of Albany.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04717.17 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: Peterboro, New York Type: Printed document Date: 13 March 1846 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Smith writes: "Would, gentlemen, that the following mottos, which antislavery Conventions, in different parts of the State, are cordially adopting, were engraven on every heart: 'No slaveholder for civil office; and no person, who thinks a slaveholder fit for it.' 'No man for civil office, but a republican; and no slaveholder, and no person, who thinks a slaveholder fit for civil office, is a republican.' "

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

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