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New-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated Thompson, Jeremiah Corrgill, Ezekiel United States. Congress American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race
Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. [Miscellaneous drafts, 1818], page [8]-[9]
1818
Drafts of a memorial to Congress, undated, urging diplomacy with Spain and the newly independent South American states to oppose the slave trade; of a speech to the meeting on December 10, 1818, of the American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race, on the education of African Americans; and of two special meetings of the Society, dated November 26 and 27, 1818, signed by Jeremiah Thompson and Ezekiel Corrgill.
nyhs_nyms_v-05_197 Mss Collection - BV Manumission Society - Volume 5
Slave trade--Latin America African Americans--Education
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated
minutes (administrative records) drafts (documents)
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