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[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 4]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06593.07 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1841 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 5.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

"Resolved that the Church of Jesus Christ by its Constitution & its principles, is bound to use its influence against American Slavery, & that as it is an appointed means for the reformation of the world, that Church is delinquent in which does not put forth active exertions for the overthrow of the system." Docketed "passed." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

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