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Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the District of Columbia, adverse To any legislation on the part of Congress, on the subject of slavery in said District.
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Memorial supporting the rights of slaveholders by 220 citizens of Washington, D.C. who “...do not desire the enactment of any law for the extinction of slavery within this District [of Columbia], even conceding the very questionable right of your honorable bodies to pass such an act without the consent of the people whose interests are to be especially involved in its provisions…” (p[1]) All of the names of the memorialists are printed here, led by newspaper editor, printer, and historian Perter Force (1790–1868), the then incumbent Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Description: Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the District of Columbia, adverse To any legislation on the part of Congress, on the subject of slavery in said District.
[Washington, D.C.:] Blair & Rives, printers, [1839]. 4 pages. 8¾ x 5½ inches. Government Document: “[Senate.] 25th Congress, 3d Session.” Pamphlet; removed; light foxing; Vey Good.
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