Title: Provincial Freeman - January 29, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer tells his readers about a family of slaves who were purchased by a committee of free men of African descent from slave traders at auction.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer announces an upcoming trip to Africa by the explorer Martin R. Delany.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Provincial Freeman - January 29, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer tells his readers that the question of "African civilization" is divided among two groups in Canada. One argues that civilizing Africa will put an end to the slave trade once and for all; the other is totally against anything that even sounds like immigration (or Colonization).
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page