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Rock, John S. (John Sweat) (1825-1866) [Advertisement for antislavery lecture]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06143.15 Author/Creator: Rock, John S. (John Sweat) (1825-1866) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Broadside Date: 16 February 1857 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Letterpress broadside/flyer for an antislavery lecture by Dr. John Sweat Rock. Includes a short note in which Dr. Rock asks David P. Harmon if his lecture on "The Unity of the Races" would be well received in Harmon's town.

Rock, John S. (John Sweat)., 1825-1866

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