Speaker or author: Rock, John S. (John Sweat), 1825-1866
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech given to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation. The speaker rejoiced and offered thanks to all those who had sacrificed so much for this day.
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Title: Pacific Appeal - August 23, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
As the Civil War is taking its toll and depleting the ranks of Union soldiers, the writer asks when the northern effort will see the benefit of recruiting African American soldiers.
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer gives an update on the current situation with the Civil War battles. He notes that in one battle three thousand slaves were "confiscated" under the Confiscation Act.
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Title: Pacific Appeal - May 10, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on the Civil War: its causes and the hope for its end. He believes that the system of slavery began this war and that emancipation will end it.
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Title: Pacific Appeal - November 1, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer tells his readers that there are now African American troops organized and ready to fight for the Confederacy. While there are people on the Union side of this war who align with system of slavery, the greater irony he finds is with an army company of slaves fighting for slavery in the southern states.
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