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- GLC#
- GLC05781
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1854/02/26
- Author/Creator
- Phelps, Anson, fl. 1854
- Title
- New York Colonization Society certificate of membership for Alexander Fraser
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 1 sheet Height: 35.7 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
Certificate of membership for life for Alexander Fraser of Fowlerville. The certificate has a large engraving at top showing a white man shaking the hands of thankful naked Africans while a ship rides at anchor in the background. Two scriptural quotations appear at bottom. Signed Anson Phelps as President (or possibly corresponding secretary).
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