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HIS 298: Liberty and Justice for All: Democracy and Dissent in U.S. HIstory: Books

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Books on the history of the Abolition movement are shelved on the library's upper level.  

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E441-453:   Slavery in the United States. Antislavery movements

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Sojourner Truth

American 19th Century, Sojourner Truth, 1864, NGA 164108

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