Title: Weekly Anglo-African - August 24, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer argues for the establishment of a reserve guard composed of African American volunteers ready to fight for freedom.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: army; black regiment; emancipation; Evening Post; Groton; Maryland; military; National Republican; New Orleans; North; patriotism; rebels; Red Bank; Reserve Guard; secessionists; slaveholders; soldiers; South; Tribune; Virginia; war; Washington
People: Davis, Jefferson
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers