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Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877) National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 44, whole no. 564 (March 27, 1851)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08875.41 Author/Creator: Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 27 March 1851 Pagination: 4 p. : newspaper ; 63.5 x 46.7 cm. Order a Copy

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains a continuation of the article on the "The British West Indies in 1850." Includes coverage of abolitionist George Thompson's visits to Rochester and Auburn, New York, among miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Thompson, George, 1804-1878

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