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Title: Weekly Anglo-African- November 12, 1859

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer describes the unsettled political atmosphere of the country after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

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

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

Keywords: fugitives; government; Harper's Ferry; insurrection; Missouri Compromise line; New York Herald; North; politics; Slavery; Slavocratic-Democratic; union

People: Brown, John; Clay, Henry

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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