Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech given at the conclusion of the Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention with the speaker stressing the pros and cons of southern succession from the Union.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 519 word document (text and images)
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Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882
Newspaper or publication: Gateshead Observer
Speech delivered in England encouraging the "...consumption of free-labour in preference to slave-labour products." The speaker explained the current designation the U.S. uses of either slave-holding or non-slave-holding when bringing new states into the union.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 863 word document (text and images)
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Title: Impartial Citizen - August 15, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer comments on a blurb published in another newspaper offering the sale of two women and a man, who are mentioned as "likely Negroes."
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Impartial Citizen - September 26, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer discusses the forming of the Democratic Party. He emphasizes the turmoil of the current political environment.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - August 27, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer shares provisions recently added to the state Constitution of Virginia. The new Constitution attempts to override any federal emancipation law that may free slaves in that state.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column