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Subtitle: A Hard Case.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 12, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

The writer relates the story of a minister in Syracuse who entered into a contract with a carpenter to build a church. The carpenter, however, was never fully paid for his work and died a broken man.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Grand Democratic Musical Festival and Breakdown.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 12, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Detailed review of a recent festival performance given in Charleston, South Carolina.

Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: A Merry-Making.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 12, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Commentary on the recent Democratic Convention. The writer expresses a tongue-in-cheek review of some of the political debate regarding the place African Americans will hold in the current social structure.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: "Depart from Us, for We Never Knew You."

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 12, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Brief commentary on the case of Jacob S. Harden who was recently found guilty of poisoning his wife.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

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