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Title: David Ruggles

Speaker or author: Ruggles, David, 1810-1849

Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Pamphlets

David Ruggles replies to comments made by William P. Johnson in an ongoing debate regarding the circumstances leading up to the libel suit brought against Samuel Cornish and the Colored American newspaper.

Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 2,083 word document (text and images)

Subtitle: Recollections, etc.

Title: Elevator - September 29, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer adds his personal memories to a series the newspaper is publishing regarding the Underground Railroad.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Arrival of Free Colored People from South Carolina.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 26, 1861

Speaker or author: editor

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

As Southern states secede from the Union, free African Americans from South Carolina are arriving in New York. Free people of color are leaving the south as fast as they can fearing they will lose their freedom if they stay.

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

Subtitle: Personal.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 1, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

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

Brief snippets of information on lectures, travels, and news from around the country pertaining to African Americans.

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

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