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1807 05 12
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Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Emancipation
  3. Enslaved People
  4. Freedmen
  5. History
  6. Slaver
  7. Slavery
  8. Slaves
  9. Social Conditions
  10. United States

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