Circular. To the advocates of African emancipation : who are sensible of the wrongs of those unhappy beings, now writhing and groaning under the iron hand of oppression; and who are willing to aid and assist in devising means to release them from the chains which have so long held them in the most grievous bondage.

Author/creator Lundy, Benjamin
Format Electronic
Publication Info[St. Clairsville, Ohio] : [publisher not identified], [1816]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 38625. ^A575643
General note"The subject of this address is to call your attention to the subject of the emancipation of slaves; to suggest the propriety of forming societies in different parts of the country for that purpose ..." Signed: Philo Justitia. St. Clairsville, 1st mo. 4th 1816.
General noteBy Benjamin Lundy; explaining his plan for organizing a national association, the Union Humane Society, to orchestrate the sentiments and activities of all local antislavery organizations. See Dillon, Merton L. Benjamin Lundy and the struggle for Negro freedom, Urbana, 1966, p. 9, 18. The constitution of the Union Humane Society was adopted at St. Clairsville, Ohio, on April 20, 1816.
General noteText printed in two columns.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 38625
References Morgan, R.P. Ohio, 965
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Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38625).
Other titleTo the advocates of African emancipation.

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