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Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 1766-1833 [Connecticut Legislature Calls for the Gradual End to the "Great National Evil" of Slavery, 1825]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09713 Author/Creator: Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 1766-1833 Place Written: Connecticut Type: Printed document Date: 1 June 1825 Pagination: 1 folio Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

One resolution detailing an assembly in Connecticut which took place on May 1, 1825, regarding the removal of the "great national evil" of slavery as voted by the Ohio legislature. Signed by Secretary, Thomas Day. An official copy printed on the second page dated June 1, 1825, sent to the Governor of Pennsylvania requesting to be presented before the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. Signed by Oliver Wolcott.

Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833
Day, Thomas, fl. 1825

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