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A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on account of the abolition of the African slave trade on that day, by the Congress of the U.S. [Microform]

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Title

A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on account of the abolition of the African slave trade on that day, by the Congress of the U.S. [Microform]

Names

St. Thomas Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Host)
Fortune, Michael, fl. 1808 (Composer)
Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1808
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Fry and Kammerer

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-6200

Subjects

Free African Americans
African Americans
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States -- Anniversaries, etc
Slave trade -- United States

Genres

Sermons

Notes

Content: "New Year's Anthem, written by Michael Fortune" on final two pages.

Physical Description

Microfilms
Extent: 24, [2] p. 19 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11841487
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d5d9be00-29af-0133-2cbe-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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Date Issued

1808

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on account of the abolition of the African slave trade on that day, by the Congress of the U.S. [Microform]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1808. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5d9be00-29af-0133-2cbe-60f81dd2b63c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1808). A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on account of the abolition of the African slave trade on that day, by the Congress of the U.S. [Microform] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5d9be00-29af-0133-2cbe-60f81dd2b63c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A Thanksgiving sermon: preached January 1, 1808 in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on account of the abolition of the African slave trade on that day, by the Congress of the U.S. [Microform]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5d9be00-29af-0133-2cbe-60f81dd2b63c

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