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- GLC#
- GLC05345
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- circa 5 October 1850
- Author/Creator
- Friends of Freedom (Boston, Mass.)
- Title
- Declaration of sentiments of the colored citizens of Boston, on the fugitive slave bill!!!
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 57.8 cm, Width: 41 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Slavery & Anti-slavery
African American citizens of Boston respond to the Fugitive Slave Law. Published by the "Friends of Freedom." Signed in print by Lewis Hayden as President of the Friends of Freedom and William C. Nell as Secretary. Also includes another text block at the bottom titled "Address to the Clergy of Massachusetts." Printed at No. 86 Hanover Street, Boston.
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