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The Dorchester Anti-Slavery Society's Celebration. July 4th, 1835

The Dorchester Anti-Slavery Society`s Celebration. July 4th, 1835 Broadside
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This broadside gives the order of exercises of a meeting of the Dorchester Anti-Slavery Society held on 4 July 1835. Meetings typically combined song, prayer, and orations. On this day, William Lloyd Garrison's oration followed a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a prayer.