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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.012 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1857 |
| Title | Compensated emancipation: a speech by Gerrit Smith, in the National Compensation Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 26 and 27, 1857 |
| Date | 25 August 1857 - 27 August 1857 |
| Author | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | First edition. Smith, a former United States Representative from New York, writes: "The sin of extending the area of slavery, and of encouraging the slaveholders to multiply their investments in human flesh, lies at the door of the North as well as at the door of the South. Northern commerce has connived at, and openly upheld, Slavery." Location of printing is not cited. |
| Subjects | Emancipation Abolition Reform Movement African American History Politics Commerce Economics Finance |
| People | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) |
| Place written | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |