[Resolution regarding the licentious principles of slavery]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06593.13 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1841 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.1 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy
"From the Advocate of Moral Reform. Resolution passed at the last meeting of the Parent Society Resolved that the licentious principles & practice which form an inherent part of the system of Slavery wherever it exists, warrant this society in expressing their abhorrence of it & sympathy with the female portion of the population who are exposed to its influence; and especially with the million & a quarter in our own land who have no protection for their virtue." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on content and GLC06593.10.
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