AUGUST FIRST, Birthday of British Emancipation

From the Ladies of Philadelphia , from the National (Philadelphia) Enquirer:

AUGUST FIRST, 1834

Hail Birth Day of British Emancipation

May our beloved Country continue to fan the like flames, enkindled in her bosom

by the LUNDS AND GARRISONS of America until every slave is FREE

(Liberator, Sept 17, 1836, pg 4)

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