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Title: Pacific Appeal - November 15, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer offers an article published in another newspaper as an example of the way fear, hatred and prejudice are spreading through New York as the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation draws near. The article relates stories of lustful crimes and violence already taking place that the city expects will increase with the official end of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The editor responds to an editorial in another newspaper expressing opposition to emancipated slaves settling in California.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Provincial Freeman - January 20, 1855
Speaker or author: S.
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer warns his readers of a scheme that may be underway in the U.S. to capture fugitive slaves as they reach the Canadian border.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 27, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
A meeting to be held to offer the Union government the services of over 500 African American volunteers to fight in the civil war was stopped by police who feared an "unpleasant" outcome of such a gathering.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - August 31, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer points out that he believes the main difference between the races is the way they each handle life's difficulties. He tells his readers that while one class of people sees difficulty as something to triumph over, the other sees it as an insurmountable problem. He offers a couple of examples to prove his point.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages