Sydney Howard Gay’s "Record of Fugitives"

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Peep at Slavery

"A Peep at Slavery," from The American anti-slavery almanac, for 1839. Gay and other abolitionists used the media of the day to counter Southern claims about the benevolence of the institution of slavery.

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A few months after the last entry in his second notebook, Gay compiled a few more notes on individual pieces of paper. The "addenda" to the "Record of Fugitives" follow below.

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