Draft of a resolution of slavery] [manuscript

@ Boston Public Library

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Holograph, signedTitle supplied by catalogerA preliminary draft in the handwriting of Samuel May, JrMay tried to persuade the Autumnal Unitarian Conference to pass a resolution declaring that the Gospel of Christ did not warrant or sanction the existence of slavery. May's own comment on his effort was that "there was manifested a great unwillingness to express any opinion on the subject, and the convention adjourned without taking any action upon it."

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