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Des Moines County, Iowa Anti-Slavery Society minutes and declarations, 1844-1845
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we shall aim at a participation of the churches from all the participation in the guilt of slavery we shall spare no exertions nor means to bring the whole nation to speedy repentance our trust for victory is solely in God we may be personally defeated but our principles never Truth justice reason and humanity must and will gloriously triumph Already a host is coming up to the help of the Lord against the mighty and the prospect before us is full of encouragement Submitting this Declaration to the candid examination of the people of this convention and of the friends of the liberty throughout the world we hereby affirm our signatures to it pledging ourselves that under the guidance and by the help of almighty God we will do all that in us lies consistently with this declaration of our principels to overthrow the most exaerable[execrable?] System of Slavery that has ever been witnesed upon earth to deliver our land from its deadiest curse to wipe out the foulest
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we shall aim at a participation of the churches from all the participation in the guilt of slavery we shall spare no exertions nor means to bring the whole nation to speedy repentance our trust for victory is solely in God we may be personally defeated but our principles never Truth justice reason and humanity must and will gloriously triumph Already a host is coming up to the help of the Lord against the mighty and the prospect before us is full of encouragement Submitting this Declaration to the candid examination of the people of this convention and of the friends of the liberty throughout the world we hereby affirm our signatures to it pledging ourselves that under the guidance and by the help of almighty God we will do all that in us lies consistently with this declaration of our principels to overthrow the most exaerable[execrable?] System of Slavery that has ever been witnesed upon earth to deliver our land from its deadiest curse to wipe out the foulest
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