Author | Kelley, William D. (William Darrah), 1814-1890.
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Title | The equality of all men before the law : claimed and defended / in speeches by Hon. William D. Kelley, Wendell Phillips, and Frederick Douglass, and letters from Elizur Wright and Wm. Heighton.
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Published | Boston : Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1865.
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Description | 43 p. ; 23 cm.
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General Note | Edited by Geo. L. Stearns. Kelley's speech in the House of Representatives, Jan. 16, 1865: p. 5-28.
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Formatted Note | Contents: Speech of Hon. William D. Kelley ... January 16, 1865.--The immediate issue: a speech of Wendell Phillips at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at Boston.--What the black man wants: speech of Frederick Douglass at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at Boston.--Suffrage for the blacks sound political economy: shown in a letter to the "Boston daily advertiser", by Elizur Wright.--Reconstruction: a letter from William Heighton to George L. Stearns.
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Subjects | African Americans -- Suffrage. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Other Authors | Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885. Heighton, William, b. 1800. Stearns, Geo. L. (George Luther), 1809-1867.
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| WRHS Research Library: E 185.2 K29 mq114075: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
[Record 62383] |
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