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Book/Printed Material Five years' abstract of transactions of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race

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Title

  • Five years' abstract of transactions of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race

Names

  • Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
  • African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed at Merrihew & Thompson's Steam Power Book and Job Office, 1853.

Headings

  • -  Fugitive slaves--United States
  • -  Slavery--United States--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states

Notes

  • -  LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16744.
  • -  Source: Source unknown.

Medium

  • 15 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E185 .A254 container P, no. 225a

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 92838814

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Pennsylvania Society For Promoting The Abolition Of Slavery, and African American Pamphlet Collection. Five years' abstract of transactions of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race. Philadelphia: Printed at Merrihew & Thompson's Steam Power Book and Job Office, 1853. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/92838814/.

APA citation style:

Pennsylvania Society For Promoting The Abolition Of Slavery & African American Pamphlet Collection. (1853) Five years' abstract of transactions of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race. Philadelphia: Printed at Merrihew & Thompson's Steam Power Book and Job Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/92838814/.

MLA citation style:

Pennsylvania Society For Promoting The Abolition Of Slavery, and African American Pamphlet Collection. Five years' abstract of transactions of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race. Philadelphia: Printed at Merrihew & Thompson's Steam Power Book and Job Office, 1853. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/92838814/>.