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Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
[Letter to Lysander Spooner, Esq.]
Stearns, Geo. L. (George Luther), 1809-1867Spooner, Lysander, 1808-1887Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876Bird, F. W. (Francis William), 1809-1894Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884Heyward, E. H.Stone, James M., d. 1880
nyhs_sc_b-05_f-12_s45 Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
1861-10-01
Three-page letter marked 'Confidential' to Lysander Spooner of Boston [Massachusetts] requesting his participation in an Executive Committee formed to advocate for the enlistment of Blacks to fight in the Civil War. Signed by George L. Stearns on behalf of the Committee.
Slaves--Emancipation--United StatesAntislavery movements--Massachusetts
Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African AmericanUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African AmericanUnited States Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Civil War, 1861-1865
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