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Title

Call to Readers Page, Front and Back; 1846

Description

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Anti-Slavery Alphabet Series. This card is the front and back of the "Call to Readers" page. The front-side has the text "TO OUR LITTLE READERS. LISTEN, little children, all, Listen to our earnest call: You are very young, 'tis true, But there's much that you can do. Even you can plead with men That they buy not slaves again, And that those they have may be Quickly set at liberty. They may hearken what you say, Though from us they turn away. Sometimes, when from school you walk, You can with your playmates talk, Tell them of the slave child's fate, Motherless and desolate. And you can refuse to take Candy, sweetmeat, pie or cake, Saying 'no'--unless 'tis free--'The slave shall not work for me.' Thus, dear little children, each May some useful lesson teach; Thus each one may help to free This fair land from slavery." The back-side is blank.

Creator

Townsend, Hannah, 1812-

Townsend, Mary, 1814-

Date

1846-12

Identifier

97245-book-06

97245-book-07

Rights

NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/