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Avery photograph collection

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Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

Friendly Moralist Society records

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Identifier: AMN 1009
Abstract The Friendly Moralist Society was a benevolent society, established in Charleston South Carolina, 1838 for free men of color (mulatto or mixed race). The group served the community by providing burial aid, purchasing plots and assisting during funerals, for those in need. The organization also worked to provide charitable assistance to needy widows and orphans of deceased members. Each member was entitled to certain rights of membership, namely financial assistance in times of illness or...
Dates: 1841-1856, and undated

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Avery Normal Institute 1
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
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