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Subtitle: Temperance.

Title: Colored American - May 20, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer recommends that the subject of temperance be included in upcoming conventions held by the Methodist Church. He went on to express his beliefs in the benefits of a life devoted to the abstinance of alcoholic drinks.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

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

Keywords: abstinence; American Moral Reform Society; temperance; vice

Organization: American Moral Reform Society

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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