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To the public : Whereas numbers have attempted to prevent me from prosecuting those who have kidnapped, sold, and sent free Negroes out of the state, by insinuations that I had no principle, but did it purely because I expected to be rewarded ...

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Main Author:	Hillard, Isaac, 1737-1823
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Connecticut?] : [publisher not identified], [1797]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 48143.
Subjects:	Connecticut. > Act to prevent the slave-trade. Bounties > Connecticut. Slave trade > Connecticut.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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