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The constitution of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New Jersey, passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788

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Title
The constitution of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New Jersey, passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788
Names
New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1793
Place: Burlington
Publisher: Printed for the Society by Issac Neale
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.6-N
Topics
Slavery
New Jersey
Antislavery movements
United States
Societies, etc.
Genres
Pamphlets
Notes
Content: Also available on microfilm in: Sc Micro R-2462
Content: The law passed March 2, 1786 was: An act to prevent the importation of slaves into the State of New Jersey, and to authorize the manumission of them under certain restrictions, and to prevent the abuse of slaves.
Physical Description
Microforms
Extent: 14 p. ; 19 cm
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11652879
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe21aab0-29af-0133-bf10-60f81dd2b63c
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  • 2023: Found by you!
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The constitution of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New Jersey, passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1793. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe21aab0-29af-0133-bf10-60f81dd2b63c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The constitution of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New Jersey, passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe21aab0-29af-0133-bf10-60f81dd2b63c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1793). The constitution of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New Jersey, passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe21aab0-29af-0133-bf10-60f81dd2b63c

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The constitution of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New Jersey, passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788