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American Anti-Slavery Society Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at its third decade, held in the City of Philadelphia, Dec. 3d and 4th, 1863.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05821 Author/Creator: American Anti-Slavery Society Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 v. : 175 p. : Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

Contain an appendix and a catalogue of anti-slavery publications in America from 1750-1863. Includes writings and/or speeches by William Lloyd Garrison (Anti-slavery Society President), Henry Ward Beecher, Stephen S. Foster, Abby Kelley Foster, Susan B. Anthony, Oliver Johnson, Lucy Stone, Frederick Douglass, and John Greenleaf Whittier, among others. Bound in yellow paper cover.

American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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