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Petitions of citizens of Danvers, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and those territories in the United States, where it exists, circa 1845
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From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petitions of citizens of Salem, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and in those territories of the United States where they exist, circa 1845
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of citizens of Lynn, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery and slave trade in the District of Columbia and those territories of the United States where it exists, circa 1845
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845