Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 19, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Detailed commentary on a letter written by Archbishop Hughes regarding slavery, religion, government, and the current war. The Archbishop insists that the Civil War is not about freeing the slaves, but about whether the entire country should be "...a slaveholding Republic, in which labor is performed by slaves either black or white."
Description of file(s): four scanned newspaper pages (7 columns)
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Civil rights; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Africa; Carrol Hall; Catholic; Civil War; Constitution; education; emancipation; England; France; government; law; mullato; New York; politics; prejudice; race; religion; school; Slavery
People: Brownson, [Orestes Augustus]; Hughes, Archbishop; O'Conor, Charles; Seward, William H.
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers