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Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer responds briefly to a letter the newspaper received from the Refugees Home. The letter indicates the humiliating treatment in the name of charity that C. C. Foote's is providing there. Fugitives arriving in Canada are looking for freedom and equality, not pity and handouts.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive November 18, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer addresses directly the author of prejudicial letters, which are claiming major space in another newspaper. The author of these letters is against the settlement created by refugees of slavery living in Canada, as well as any person of African descent.
Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)