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Memorial of Professor S.S. Schmucker, relative to binding out minor colored children : read in the House of Representatives, March 7, 1839.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon), 1799-1873.
- Series:
- Slavery, abolition & social justice.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Pennsylvania.
- Free African Americans.
- African American children--Legal status, laws, etc--Pennsylvania.
- African American children.
- Indentured servants--Pennsylvania.
- Indentured servants.
- African American apprentices--Pennsylvania.
- African American apprentices.
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 pages)
- Other Title:
- Minor colored population of Pennsylvania
- Place of Publication:
- Harrisburg : Boas & Coplan, printers, 1839.
- Notes:
- A bill proposing that African American children in Pennsylvania above the age of 14 (boys) and 13 (girls) be bound by indenture as apprentices to some trade, industry or service.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2013 (Slavery, abolition & social justice)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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