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Subtitle: The Refugees' Home Society and Mrs. M. E. Bibb. Title: Provincial Freeman - June 23, 1855 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer briefly comments on the attempts of Mrs. Bibb to retrieve land in the possession of The Refugees' Home Society that she says belonged to her late husband. 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: charity; Detroit; donation; land; Windsor People: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 Organization: The Refugees' Home Society Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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