Correspondence from Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1979.

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Correspondence from Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1979.

Item, written as a result of Sellin's research for Slavery and the legal system, urges Conyers to "initiate a movement to amend the Thirteenth Amendment and remove the last vestige of legalized slavery in the United States."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7115995

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019

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John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929 – October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative for Michigan from 1965 to 2017. The districts he represented always included part of western Detroit. During his final three terms, his district included many of Detroit's western suburbs, as well as a large portion of the Downriver area. Conyers served more than fifty years in Congress, becoming the sixth-longest serving member of Congress in U.S. hi...