No slavery! : Fourth of July! The managers of the Mass. Anti-slavery Soc'y invite, withouth distinction of party or sect, all who are ready ... to meet in convention at the Grove in Framingham, on the approaching Fourth of July .
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No slavery! : Fourth of July! The managers of the Mass. Anti-slavery Soc'y invite, withouth distinction of party or sect, all who are ready ... to meet in convention at the Grove in Framingham, on the approaching Fourth of July .
Subject
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Framingham.
Fourth of July --Massachusetts --Framingham.
Description
Broadside advertising a Fourth of July rally sponsored by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1854. Noted abolitionists including William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, and Henry David Thoreau addressed the crowd. In a dramatic climax, Garrison burned copies of the Fugitive Slave Law and the United States Constitution.
Creator
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Published in Worcester by Earle & Drew, [1854]
Publisher
Massachusetts Historical Society, www.masshist.org
Date
1854 July 4
Rights
http://www.masshist.org/legal/rights.cfm
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image/jpeg
Type
image of printed item
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Citation
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Published in Worcester by Earle & Drew, [1854], “No slavery! : Fourth of July! The managers of the Mass. Anti-slavery Soc'y invite, withouth distinction of party or sect, all who are ready ... to meet in convention at the Grove in Framingham, on the approaching Fourth of July .,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 21, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/26547.
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