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New Jersey. Legislature Resolution of the legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the extension of slavery.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.119.01 Author/Creator: New Jersey. Legislature Place Written: Trenton, New Jersey Type: Printed document Date: 19 February 1847 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.3 x 14.3 cm. Order a Copy

29th Congress, 2d session, Senate document # 153. Resolution declares that the New Jersey legislature will make every effort to keep slavery out of newly annexed territories.

New Jersey. Legislature

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