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American Anti-Slavery Society National Anti-Slavery Standard [Vol. 25 No. 14 (August 13, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09791.31 Author/Creator: American Anti-Slavery Society Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 13 August 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 67 cm, Width: 48 cm Order a Copy

One issue of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" dated August 13, 1864. Features extracts of a sermon by Reverend Charles G. Ames entitled "Dead Flies In Precious Ointment: A Discourse on Morals in America." Also features an article titled "What Must Go Before Reconstruction" and an article concerning African American soldiers.

Ames, Charles G., fl. 1864

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