Smith, Gerrit

Speech of Gerrit Smith to his Neighbors, In Peterboro, N. Y. June 22d, 1872

1872. One of three editions, each with a slightly different title, issued in 1872. Printed triple-column. Campaign document supporting Grant for re-election, paying particular attention to the Ku Klux Klan and the Democrat Party's failure to confront it. "The antislavery battle is not yet fought out - nor will it be so long as s single shred of Ku Kluxism remains, nor so long as there are persons, who are deprived, on account of their complexion, of so much as one civil right."Gerrit Smith Pamphlets and Broadsides Collection at Suracuse. No. 567. OCLC Locates 11 copies of this edition. Item #10061

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