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Tathan, Benjamin, fl. 1848 [Circular]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09300 Author/Creator: Tathan, Benjamin, fl. 1848 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Printed document Date: February 7, 1848 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

A New York Quakers Circular offering an alternative to goods made from slave labor: "The Managers of the Free Produce Association of Friends, of New York Yearly Meeting, have the satisfaction of stating, that a store has been opened for the sale of articles exclusively the result of Free Labor."

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