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A Bible Anti-slavery Catechism
- Creator:
- Asa Donaldson
- Location:
- Illinois, Dover
- Origin Date:
- 1845
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 18 in x 8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.1905
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This broadside, printed in a question and answer format, promotes peacefully working to abolish slavery rather than using the sword. It also discusses what the Bible says about masters and slaves and compares the views of slavery in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The typed signature of the author is at the end. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
