University Archives

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

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

Keywords: British; crime; Esmeralda; law; New Orleans; ship

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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