1838: Citizens of Sandwich petition the US Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia:
SOURCE: Sandwich Historical Society
25 Dec 1838
1838: Citizens of Sandwich petition the US Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia:
25 Dec 1838
[…] more on the connections between abolition & women’s independence, see the 1838 Sandwich Petition, which was widely circulated by local women… whether or not their husbands […]