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Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877 National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 25, whole no. 493 (November 15, 1849)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08875.12 Author/Creator: Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 15 November 1849 Pagination: 4 p. : newspaper Height: 63.4 cm, Width: 47 cm Order a Copy

With the previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes an article on "Negroes as Master Mechanics." Contains the printing of a proposed Constitution for the state of California, prohibiting slavery within the state, among miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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