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Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877) National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 45, whole no. 565 (April 3, 1851)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08875.42 Author/Creator: Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 3 April 1851 Pagination: 4 p. : newspaper ; 63.7 x 45.6 cm. Order a Copy

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes an article by former United States Representative Joel Roberts Poinsett on nullification. Contains articles on "The Free Soilers and the Abominable Bill," abolitionist George Thompson's attendance at an anti-slavery convention in Rochester, New York, and 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
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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