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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - March 10, 1854

Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.

Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)

The writer alerts his readers to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by the Senate. He still holds out hope that it will not pass the House of Representatives.

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

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: anti-slavery; freedom; government; Kansas-Nebraska Act; law; liberty; politics; slave power

People: Douglas, Stephen A.

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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