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1848 January 4 . Isaac J. Rice ALS to Ohio Female Antislavery Society; Amherstburg, Ontario.

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Box 4
Abstract:
Ohio Presbyterian minister hoping to receive funding to support his school buildings for formerly enslaved families fleeing to the North. Notes physical exhaustion and “lung fever” among the missionaries and many of the formerly enslaved individuals. Preparations for a new building, with a need for separate spaces for school and storing donated clothing. States that 300 people have come within the past year, 13 the past Spring, and 9 within a week. "This now is found to be the great Fugitive Stations... this is the great landing point being nearest the south & most convenient to reach." Discusses efforts at religious conversion. “... these Colored slaves kiss the dark Bible not for what they could read but had heard was locked up in its mysterious pages.” Hoping to receive 25-50 cent donations to assist in his religious efforts.
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Collection

African American and African Diaspora collection, 1729-1970 (majority within 1781-1865)
Total components 346
Items available online Online 252
Last indexed 2024-08-05