University Archives

Title: Provincial Freeman - December 13, 1856

Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer discusses the influence of the "American Church" on the continuation of the system of slavery in the U.S.

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: American Book and Tract Societies; Canada; Christianity; Church; Kirk; Pro-Slavery; Regular Baptists; religion; Slavery; Wesleyan Methodists

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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