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Story, Joseph To: John McDonogh.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07932 Author/Creator: Story, Joseph Place Written: Cambridge Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1843/05/08 Pagination: 1 p.+ docket. 25 x 20 cm. +2 engravings. Order a Copy

Discusses "the rights of master and the interests of the slave" in reference to the idea of African colonization.

Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
McDonogh, John, fl. 1843

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