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Speaker or author: Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898

Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard

The speaker rejoiced in the recent emancipation of the slaves but stressed that the battle for improving the condition of the formerly enslaved and the prevalent prejudice would offer the Abolitionists continued work.

Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 2,084 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1863

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

Keywords: abolition; Abraham Lincoln; citizenship; Civil rights; Civil War; copperhead; Daniel O'Connell; emancipation; Emancipation Proclamation; England; government; Hayti; Ireland; Jefferson Davis; Liberia; Massachusetts; politics; prejudice; slave holders; soldiers; South Carolina; Washington DC; William Seward

People: Davis, Jefferson; Lincoln, Abraham; O'Connell, Daniel; Seward, William

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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