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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer responds to a note sent to another newspaper by a Member of Parliament asking to discontinue his subscription on the grounds that this newspaper advocated the establishment of "colored settlements" in Canada.

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

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

Keywords: Canada; Chatham; Colchester; Dawn; Elgin Settlement; Essex Advocate; Gosfield; government; land; Malden; New Canaan; newspaper; Parliament; prejudice; Queen's Bush; Raleigh; Sandwich; settlements; slander

People: Larwill, Edwin; Morton, A.

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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