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This printed circular letter is addressed "to the Friends of Freedom." In it, J. E. Snodgrass expressed his antislavery sentiments and claimed he knew about slavery first hand as he had been born in the South. He also promoted the activities of the New York Kansas League which he described as a "philanthrophic association" to aid emigration to Kansas. The document also discussed the American Settlement Company which was a "joint stock association" that promoted the settlement of free state supporters at Council City, Kansas Territory (later Burlingame). He closed with antislavery statements and offered to give free lectures on the topic. He was located in New York City at the time the document was printed.
Creator: Snodgrass, J.E
Date: February 26, 1855
Item Number: 5435
Call Number: Port Vault K 325 Am35f 1855
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5435
Collections - Library
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
Places - Cities and towns - Burlingame
Places - Counties - Osage
Places - Other States - Maryland
Places - Other States - New York
Places - Other States - Virginia
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Ephemera
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