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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - April 28, 1854
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
The writer comments on further developments in the evolution of the Kansas-Nebraska Act currently being considered in Congress.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - May 8, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer briefly comments on the idea currently before Congress of dividing Florida into two territories.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Newspaper or publication: Pennsylvania Freeman
Brief speech expressing opposition to the Fugitive Slave Bill and the governmental "compromises" that were being suggested to avoid complete abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 271 word document (text and image)
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 13, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Using the recent census results and comparing them with results from previous years, the writer shows the increase in slave and free African American populations in various states. In 1860, Virginia is shown as the state with the largest slave population. The writer predicts emancipation and even sketches its effect on population numbers in the southern states.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 16, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on President Lincoln's inaugural address.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages