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Acts against the education of slaves
Excerpt from the Pittsburgh African Education Society minutes
Excerpt from AN APPEAL TO THE COLOURED CITIZENS OF THE WORLD
Excerpt from NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
EDUCATION AMONG THE FREEDMEN
EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker
Excerpt from the NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
"A Hymn to the Morning" from POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL
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