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Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) (1805-1847) The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 41 (February 9, 1837)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08875.03 Author/Creator: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) (1805-1847) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 9 February 1837 Pagination: 4 p. : newspaper ; 63.5 x 46 cm. Order a Copy

This issue contains a printing of a speech by the Reverend William Goodell, an abolitionist from New York, at a recent Anti-Slavery Convention. Includes coverage from the Meeting of the Baptist Missionary Society, and other miscellaneous reports. Phelps serves as editor. Published weekly for the American Anti-Slavery Society by Robert G. Williams.

Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus)., 1805-1847
Williams, Robert G., fl. 1836-1837
Goodell, William, 1792-1878

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