{"id":717,"date":"2006-11-15T07:22:44","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T12:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/717"},"modified":"2006-11-15T07:22:44","modified_gmt":"2006-11-15T12:22:44","slug":"gerrit-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/gerrit-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerrit Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>July 19, 1850<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An item titled, Characteristic Kindness, tells of Robert Edmond, who, in 1848 was tarred and feathered in So. 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