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{"value"=>"3294685", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1924-1940", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1924/1940"}
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{"value"=>"West Indies"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This scrapbook (1924-1940) is about the West Indies and English-speaking Caribbean and contains clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. The clippings primarily cover the 100th anniversary of both the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 and the death of William Wilberforce, who played a major role in the abolition of slavery in most of the British Empire, which at the time included the West Indies. Additional coverage includes education, religion, witchcraft, cultural explorations, and discussion of transferring the West Indies from England to the United States.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"reel", "value"=>"18"}
- date_start
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1924
- keydate
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1924
- date_end
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1940
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1924
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1940