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Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879 The fugitive slave law; tried by the Old and New Testaments.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.142 Author/Creator: Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1850 Pagination: 35 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 14.6 cm Order a Copy

Argues against obeying laws from the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1850. Published by William Harned, New York, printed by B. L. Hamlen, New Haven, Connecticut. Reprinted from the New Englander for November 1850. Thompson was the pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church.

Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879

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