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Slavery and Abolitionism

The residents of Essex County were no strangers to slavery. Even after slavery was outlawed in Massachusetts, they continued to be vocal on the topics of slavery and abolitionism. Read some of those opinions here.
  • Diary of Margaret Smith, 1678
  • Account of Sale of Slaves on the Two Friends, Beverly 1791
  • Captain’s Orders for the Two Friends, 1791
  • Drawing of the Schooner Two Friends, Beverly c. 1793
  • Deposition of the Two Friends first mate Osmon Gage, 1793
  • Pliny Fisk Letter, Andover 1818
  • Constitution of the Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn and Vicinity 1832
  • Records of the Female Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn 1836-1837
  • Female Anti-Slavery Society Membership Certificate, Lynn 1834
  • Program for the Anniversary of the Andover Anti-Slavery Society, 1836
  • Rev. Samuel Jackson Letter, Andover 1840
  • William Lloyd Garrison Centennial Letter, Boston 1876
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