Metadata Content type Digital Document Title Title Title Anti-Abolition Memorial from Mississippi Collection(s) Collection(s) Thomas Wilson Dorr and the Gag Rule of 1836 Origin Information Origin Information Date Created 1836 Date Range 1836-02-27 to 1836-03-07 Resource Type Resource Type Text Genre Genre resolutions Subject Subject Slavery--United States Faceted Subject Faceted Subject Slavery Mississippi Extent Extent 2 pages Language Language English Description Description A petition from the Southern slave state of Mississippi demanding the Northern states ban dissentious publications relating to slavery. Physical Location Physical Location Rhode Island State Archives