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Quaker meeting minutes, "Minute on slavery: At a yearly meeting held in Philadelphia..." signed William Evans

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Broadsides collection

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  1. Abolition Documents
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Broadsides
  4. Philadelphia (Pa.)
  5. Quakers
  6. Slaver
  7. Slavery

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