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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06142 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Statement of belief |
| Date | November 1863 |
| Author | Child, Lydia Maria Francis (1802-1880) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Condemns those who defend the perpetuation of slavery on the grounds that it was not proscribed by the Constitution and who wish for a return to the Union as it was. Includes poem lamenting the failure of the Founders to address slavery. |
| Subjects | Transcendentalism Morality and Ethics Reform Movement Government and Civics Abolition Law American Anti-Slavery Society Member Woman Author Women's History African American History Slavery US Constitution Civil War Union Forces Emancipation Proclamation Poetry Emancipation |
| People | Child, Lydia Maria Francis (1802-1880) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |