University Archives

Title: Provincial Freeman - March 22, 1856

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer tells his readers of a recent shipwreck that took the life of Margaret Garner, the fugitive slave who killed her child rather than see it sold into slavery, as she was being returned to her owner.

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: Henry Lewis; Ohio river; shipwreck; slave-catchers; steamboat

People: Garner, Margaret; Garner, Peggy; Lewis, Henry

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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