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A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, during the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia, in the Year 1793, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, Philadelphia, 1794

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Reverends Jones and Allen reported the heroic work done by Philadelphia’s African American community. They also used the book as an opportunity to respond to critics of their community.

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