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THE PIONEERS OF BELLEVUE
school-house to hear what Joseph had to say. Among those identified at that time with the Abolition party was a woman who was then called " the widow Newton. " Mrs. Newton at that time would weigh about 200 pounds and was well proportioned. Mrs. Newton was at the meeting. Joseph commenced his lecture, with very few preliminaries, and went over the old story of the great injustice done by holding so many millions of human beings in bondage.
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