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Collection Reference Number GLC00267.143
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1851 
Title Anti-fugitive slave law meeting: at a large meeting of persons from various parts of the state of New York, held in the City of Syracuse January 9th 1851...
Date 9 January 1851
Author Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)  
Document Type Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Content Description [Title continues] '...and of which Frederick Douglass was president, the following resolutions and address were unanimously adopted. The Address is the same, and, with an inconsiderable exception, the Resolutions are the same, as those, which were reported by Gerrit Smith to the State Convention held in said City, January 7th, 8th, 9th, 1851.' Previous documentation suggests this is a first edition. Place of publication is not cited.
Subjects Fugitive Slave Act  Runaway Slave  African American History  Slavery  Abolition  Reform Movement  Law  Government and Civics  US Constitution  Slave Life  
People Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)  Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)  
Place written Syracuse, New York
Theme Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859