Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer demonstrates the injustice of laws based on racial prejudice that are practiced in some U. S. states. These laws stand in stark contradiction to the precepts of the U. S. Constitution.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Civil rights; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Boston; Civil rights; Constitution; Faneuil Hall; freedom; government; law; liberty; Louisiana; Massachusetts; meeting; politics; slave-holders; union
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers