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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Witness for freedom : African American voices on race,
slavery, and emancipation / C. Peter Ripley, editor;
coeditors, Roy E. Finkenbine, Michael F. Hembree,
Donald Yacovone.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 0-8078-2072-5 (cloth : alk. paper).

--ISBN 0-8078-4404-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Slavery-- United States--Anti-slavery movements--
Sources. 2. Abolitionists--United States--History--
19th century--Sources. 3. Afro-Americans--History--
To 1863--Sources. I. Ripley, C. Peter, 1941-

E449.W84 1991
973.7′114--dc20 92-21591
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