Title: Palladium of Liberty - April 3, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer comments on a recent incident in which an African American man was beaten to death by a gang of white thugs.
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - July 3, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer questions the safety of city residents after a man was beaten to death in his home by another man after a quarrel between the two.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Provincial Freeman - June 7, 1856
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer comments on the growing political tension between the North and the South in the U.S.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer comments briefly on the recent arrest of eleven British subjects taken from a ship docked in New Orleans. The arrests were based solely on the fact that these men were of African descent.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column