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Title: Elevator - May 12, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer comments on a copy of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Journal he recently received. He also alerts his readers to a fundraiser being organized to help newly freed slaves.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Fund raisers (Persons); Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: contributions; emancipation; fund raiser; Ladies Fair; Pennsylvania Freedmen's Journal; Slavery

People: Burris, William

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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