Book/Printed Material The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention at Philadelphia, December, 1833 and The address to the public, issued by the Executive Committee of the society, in September, 1835
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Image 1 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY: WITH THE DECLARATION OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER, 1833, AND THE ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ISSUED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE…
- Contributor: American Anti-Slavery Society
- Date: 1838
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Image 2 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … The American Anti-Slavery Society was formed by a Convention of citizens, convened by public notice, from ten different states, at Philadelphia, on the 4th of December, 1833. The Constitution of the Society,…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 3 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. PREAMBLE Whereas the Most High God “hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,” and hath…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 4 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 4 to legislate in regard to its abolition in said State it shall aim to convince all our fellow-citizens, by arguments addressed to their understandings and consciences that slaveholding is a heinous…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 5 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 5 Art. VII. The President shall preside at all meeting of the Society, or in his absence one of the Vice Presidents, or, in their absence, a President pro tem. The Corresponding…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 6 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 6 DECLARATION Of the Anti-Slavery, Convention, assembled at Philadelphia, December 4, 1833. The Convention, assembled in the city of Philadelphia, to organize a National Anti-Slavery Society, promptly seize the opportunity to promulgate…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 7 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 7 upon their persons; are ruthlessly torn asunder—the tender babe from the arms of its frantic mother—the heart-broken wife from her weeping husband—at the caprice or pleasure of irresponsible tyrants. For the…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 8 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 8 wealth, and of intelligence, should be opened as widely to them as to persons of a white complexion. We maintain that no compensation should be given to the planters emancipating their…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 9 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 9 We shall send forth agents to lift up the voice of remonstrance of warning, of entreaty, and rebuke. We shall circulate, unsparingly and extensively, anti-slavery tracts and periodicals. We shall enlist…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 10 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 10 ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. In behalf of the American Anti-Slavery Society, we solicit the candid attention of the public to the following declaration of our principles and objects. Were the charges…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 11 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 11 7th. We are charged with sending incendiary publications to the South. If by the term incendiary is meant publications containing arguments and facts to prove Slavery to be a moral and…
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- Date: 1838
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Image 12 of The constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society : with the Declaration of the … 12 blacks. This charge has been repeatedly, and is now again denied; while we repeat that the tendency of our sentiments is to put an end to the criminal amalgamation that prevails…
- Contributor: American Anti-Slavery Society
- Date: 1838