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1828 Petition by Ephraim Small to incorporate the Abyssinian Religious Society

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Small, Ephraim

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The Abyssinian Religious Society was incorporated by twenty-two residents of Portland as an all-African American society and were active in the politics of the day, including transportation of runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad.
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1828 01 01
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Keywords

  1. Aboliltion
  2. African American Studies
  3. African Americans
  4. Anti Slavery
  5. Political History
  6. Religion
  7. Slaver
  8. United States
  9. United States History

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