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Book/Printed Material The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, September 22, 1888 : orations, poems, and addresses

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Title

  • The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, September 22, 1888 : orations, poems, and addresses

Summary

  • The jubilee was a celebration by African Americans of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. This account is mostly taken up with an oration by Bishop B.W. Arnett of the AME Church on the achievement of freedom in the U.S. by African Americans and on the need of African Americans to exercise their civil rights freely everywhere in the U.S. Also presented are two poems by J. Madison Bell, one a Civil War poem entitled "The Black Regiment."

Names

  • Arnett, Benjamin William, 1838-1906
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Xenia, Ohio : The Aldine Printing House, 1888.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Ordinance of 1787
  • -  United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).--Emancipation Proclamation
  • -  African Americans--History

Genre

  • Addresses--Ohio--Columbus--1888

Notes

  • -  "Published by B.W. Arnett, Jr., secretary."

Medium

  • 98 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. D, no. 7

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898105

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Arnett, Benjamin William, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday,: orations, poems, and addresses. Xenia, Ohio: The Aldine Printing House, 1888. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898105/.

APA citation style:

Arnett, B. W. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1888) The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday,: orations, poems, and addresses. Xenia, Ohio: The Aldine Printing House. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898105/.

MLA citation style:

Arnett, Benjamin William, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday,: orations, poems, and addresses. Xenia, Ohio: The Aldine Printing House, 1888. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898105/>.