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title: 'The Reasonableness of the Abolition of Slavery at the South, a Legitimate Inference from the Success of British Emancipation: An Address'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1856-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 61'
- 'Philemon 1'
- 'Galatians 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pennington-1856-the-reasonableness-of-the-abolition-of-slavery-at-the-south-a-legitimate-inference-from-the-success-of-british-emancipation-an-address
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# The Reasonableness of the Abolition of Slavery at the South, a Legitimate Inference from the Success of British Emancipation: An Address

1856 address commemorating West Indian emancipation, tracing British abolition history and arguing slavery's immorality while urging immediate, unconditional freedom.

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