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Transcription of the Provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 Section 1 Be it…
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Frederick Douglass was introduced to the abolitionist movement in 1841 when William Coffin invited him…
The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 A Transcription By the President of the United States…
Source: Speech before the American Anti-Slavery Society, May 11, 1847. I am very glad to…
“Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life”…