E. A. Phelps British Anti-slavery Society Papers, 1845.

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E. A. Phelps British Anti-slavery Society Papers, 1845.

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This collection documents the resolutions composed by committees of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Written in 1845 in response to the imprisonment of anyone who assisted a runaway slave in the southern United States; these resolutions were meant as encouragement for abolitionists in the United States to continue their work despite hardship. The documents reject slavery as an institution and refer to both the Declaration of Independence as well as Christian beliefs. Records include eleven resolutions and one piece of correspondence

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Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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