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Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society records, 1832-1870
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Walker, Amasa Warren, Charles Holbrook, Daniel Kimball, John Shackford, 1812-1888 Hayward, William H. Shipley, S. G. Sullivan, John Sears, Willard Fawcett, Samuel H. Hunt, John Lewall, Samuel E. Withington, J. S. Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858 Gulline, John Brown, Jonathan Johnson, Abijah S. Brown, Sylvanus, 1807-1870 Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861 Cushing, Henry, 1777-1860 Blake, William Discall, E. Winslow, Isaac Drew, Charles Southwick, Joseph, 1791-1866
The undersigned hereby agree to take the number of slaves let against their names respectively, upon the foregoing terms & conditions
1835-01-22
List of 24 Massachusetts citizens who agreed to take slaves "let against their names." Includes the number of slaves for each person. On back, a proposition for the erection of a "spacious hall in which free decision may be had," with subscription details.
nyhs_mass_050 Mss Collection - Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society records
Abolitionists--United States Antislavery movements--United States Slavery--Massachusetts Slaves--Massachusetts Abolitionists--Massachusetts Antislavery movements--Massachusetts
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