Constitution of The Educational Commission. [N.P. circa 1862], quarto, 3 page printed circular, printed on a 4 page quarto bifolium, old folds and creases, docketed in ink on verso of last leaf "Freedman's Educat. Commission". Constitution in 14 articles and list of officers of this organization called The Educational Commission. The object of which "shall be the industrial, social, intellectual, moral, and religious improvement of persons released from Slavery in the course of the War for the Union." The second article states that the commission would employ only persons of "undoubted loyalty to the Federal Government, who shall not permit their work to interfere with the proper discipline and regulations of the camps…" Not in Afro-Americana. Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 341    inquire

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