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Petition to Abolish Slavery, circa 1830

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This petition asks the Tennessee Legislature to pass a law that will free the state's enslaved peoples and their descendants. The petition is signed by 75 residents of Bedford County, Tennessee.

Dates: circa 1830