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Title

Letters W and X 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 fifteenth page. The front-side has the text "W" and "W is the Whipping post, To which the slave is bound, While on his naked back, the lash Makes many a bleeding wound." And "X" and "X is for Xerxes, famed of yore; A warrior stern was he He fought with swords; let truth and love Our only weapons be." The back-side is blank.

Creator

Townsend, Hannah, 1812-

Townsend, Mary, 1814-

Date

1846-12

Identifier

97245-book-30

97245-book-31

Rights

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