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Title: Colored American - May 8, 1841

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

Brief announcement of upcoming meetings to celebrate the anniversaries of two major anti-slavery societies. (Included is a very brief mention of a meeting of the "liberated Africans," which refers to the Amistad captives.)

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: anti-slavery; celebration; societies

Organization: American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; American Anti-Slavery Society

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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