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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08873 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: Peterboro, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 19 June 1838 Pagination: 2 p. ; 32.2 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Smith discusses his and Schmucker's shared disapproval of the Colonization Society. Defends the Anti-Slavery Society against Schmucker's criticism. Also covers Schmucker's opinions of temperance. Contains several spots of water damage in former creases.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon), 1799-1873
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
African American History
Slavery
Colonization
Abolition
Reform Movement
Temperance and Prohibition
Alcohol
Age of Jackson

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