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    "title": "Letter from John Bishop Estlin, Bristol, to Samuel May, June 20th, 1848",
    "description": "Estlin writes a letter of transmittal accompanying copies of the French edition of \"A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.\" He informs May that no reference was made to American slavery at the last Unitarian meeting, but there was a debate on anti-supernaturalism.",
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        "Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century",
        "Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century",
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