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Title: Weekly Advocate - February 4, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)

The editorial offers a quote from another newspaper that basically defines the mission statement of the Weekly Advocate. The writer expressed his appreciation for the welcome and support the Weekly Advocate received from other newspapers in the area.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; African Americans--Colonization; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: cause; Christianity; Colonization; immediate emancipation; infidelity; influence; intention; mission statement; New York Evangelist newspaper; Newspapers; Philip A. Bell; prejudice; press

People: Bell, Philip A.

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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