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  • The Barbarites Inflicted Upon Brute Creation: Henry Bergh’s Complete Lecture in Albany

    A breakdown of Henry Bergh’s first cruelty laws and the entirety of his lecture in Albany in 1867.

    Audrey Lodato

    March 3, 2026
    1860s
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