Antislavery movements
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
"Great Ordinance of Freedom" letter, 1855 August 9
File — Box WSC002: [1006241709], Folder: W0150.06
Scope and Contents
A form letter from a group of Massachusetts citizens (including Samuel Bowles, John M. Clark, Samuel G. Reed, Gersham B. Weston, Edwin F. Jenks, Ivers Phillips, John A. Goodwin, and P. Emory Aldrich) calling for a convention of the people to discuss the "almost universal opposition of Massachusetts to the repeal of the 'Great Ordinance of Freedom,'" and to the "aggressioins of the Slave Power, in its invasion of Kansas...".
Dates:
1855 August 9