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Truth shall make you free

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Image ID

1245588


Item data

Title

Truth shall make you free

Collection

The Liberty bell

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1839
Publisher: Massachusetts Anti-slavery Fair

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.4-L (The Liberty Bell)

Subjects

Slavery -- United States
Antislavery movements -- United States
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation

Genres

Illustrations

Physical Description

Engravings

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR3725124-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11704608
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8c94bd50-c623-012f-034e-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1839

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Truth shall make you free" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1839. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c94bd50-c623-012f-034e-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1839). Truth shall make you free Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c94bd50-c623-012f-034e-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Truth shall make you free" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c94bd50-c623-012f-034e-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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