Robert S. Melamed papers, 1970-1971

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Robert S. Melamed papers, 1970-1971

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Typed manuscripts of three works: "The Motives of James Gillespie Birney and the Presidential Election of 1844"; "Our Silent Past: Facts my American History Teacher Never Told Me"; and "A Second Visit with American History", all by Robert S. Melamed.

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Melamed, Robert, 1929-....

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Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857

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Biographical Note: James G. Birney was an attorney, an abolitionist writer and publisher. He was born in Kentucky in 1784 to a wealthy, slaveholding family, but he abandoned a successful law practice to become an agent for abolitionism. Birney hoped to accomplish the abolition of slavery through political means and through the publication of books, pamphlets, and newspapers. He was the Liberty Party's unanimous presidential nominee in 1840 and 1844. James G. Birney died in 1853. From...