Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: Do Not Agitate the Subject! Title: Weekly Advocate - January 28, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837) Editorial response to ministers who suggest that abolition meetings shouldn't be held in churches. 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: abolition; bondage; Church; freedom; meeting Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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