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Title: Pacific Appeal - August 16, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)

The writer hopes that the new legislature of the California state government will see the justice and reason of providing African Americans with the Right of Testimony.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

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

Keywords: Breckenridge Democracy; California; Civil rights; legislature; liberty; migration; Oregon; politics; prejudice; Right of Testimony; third party politics; Washington

People: Breckenridge, John

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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