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Title: Elevator - April 28, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer comments on an article published in another newspaper regarding the French monarchy. He adds to this his thoughts on the monarchy in England and compares this to the current U. S. federal government.

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

Subtitle: Negrophobia.

Title: Elevator - August 18, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer comments on articles published in the Examiner and Democratic Press newspapers that he believes are biased and prejudiced against African Americans.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: A Traitorous Sheet.

Title: Elevator - July 28, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer accuses the Examiner newspaper of catering to traitors, degrading African Americans, and maligning the government.

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

Subtitle: Will Justice be Done?

Title: Elevator - June 2, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer asks whether justice will prevail in the punishment of those who took part in the rebellion that led to the Civil War. He tells his readers that the newspaper is currently awaiting the results of the war crimes trials.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: Treason Mills.

Title: Elevator - June 23, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer tells his readers that prejudicial newspapers that had been blocked are now being published under different names.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: The Voice from Egypt.

Title: Pacific Appeal - Februrary 7, 1863

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer comments on a Democratic meeting held in Illinois to denounce the war and the Emancipation Proclamation.

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

Subtitle: "Confiscation."

Title: Pacific Appeal - May 10, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer asks an important social question: who will pay for the restoration of the country after the Civil War has ended?

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Trimming the Theological Sails.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 26, 1859

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

The writer discusses the effects of John Brown's actions on the politics of slavery. He tells his readers that this was a revolutionary act and that it has opened the way to reform.

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

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