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title: 'The Self-Redeeming Power of the Colored Races of the World'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1859-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Galatians 3'
- 'Isaiah 61'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pennington-1859-the-self-redeeming-power-of-the-colored-races-of-the-world
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# The Self-Redeeming Power of the Colored Races of the World

1859 essay recounts the 1830 Philadelphia Convention of free Black Americans, Maryland's slaveholder schemes, and argues for the colored race's progress through education and civilization.

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