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- GLC#
- GLC06835
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1842
- Author/Creator
- Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842
- Title
- The duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 53 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 11.6 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
In original wrappers. Channing argues in favor of the slaves who had taken over the Creole, a slave ship. Steering towards the British West Indies, they won freedom under British law, even though the U.S. attempted to reclaim them. Blockson Collection 9370, Dumon p. 36.
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