Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Letter of Gerrit Smith, to the Liberty Party of New-Hampshire
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04717.32 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: Peterboro, New York Type: Printed letter Date: 18 March 1848 Pagination: 3 p. ; 31.9 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Criticizes the Liberty Party of New Hampshire for voting for slaveholders. Encourages the state to reconstruct a "true" liberty party, "a Party, which will sooner perish than vote for a proslavery man- and a Party, too, which will practically recognize the doctrine of the equal rights of all men."
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