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Slavery - Law and legislation - United States

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    Constitution and act of incorporation of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully held in Bondage. And for Improving the Condition of the African Race. To which are added, the acts of the General Assembly o Pennsylvania for the gradual abolition of slavery, and the acts of the Congress of the United States, respecting slaves and the slave trade. [Three lines from Matthew]

    Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. | Date: 1800
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    The constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully Held in Bondage. Begun in the year 1774, and enlarged on the twenty-third of April, 1787. To which are added, the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for the gradual abolition of slavery.

    Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. | Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII [1788]
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