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Speaker or author: Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Speech given in welcome and congratuations of Parker Pillsbury on his return to the U.S. The speaker stressed his idea describing "disunion abolitionists" as those who believe slaveholders should not be welcomed into the Union (of northern states).

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 665 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1856

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

Keywords: Congress; Daniel O'Connell; Disunion Abolitionist; England; government; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Parker Pillsbury

People: O'Connell, Daniel; Pillsbury, Parker; Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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