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Author: Shena Rodriguez

Warning!

6 years ago

768 words

      The eighteenth-century object I chose is called “Poster Warning Blacks in Boston Kidnappers”. The poster is dated April 24th, 1851 and it is from The New York Public Library Digital Collection. This poster serves as a warning to runaway slaves and their possible allies. The poster cautions both parties to “avoid conversing…

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