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Title: Pacific Appeal - April 5, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on various newspapers who help sign a petition for African Americans to enjoy "the right of oath" or the right to give testimony. He emphasizes one newspaper in particular that is against this idea.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Pacific Appeal - September 27, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on the publication of the Emancipation Proclamation that is sweeping the country. He tells this reader that this comes as no surprise, and he believes it marks the beginning of the end of the war.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page