University Archives

Title: Provincial Freeman - December 29, 1855

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer relates the stories of three mulatoo men named William. Each was raised by a single woman as her own child, and each chose a similar route to freedom.

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

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

Keywords: Bandy; bondmen; Britain; England; mulatto; Old Dominion; youth

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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