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Subtitle: The Border States and Slavery.
Title: Pacific Appeal - June 27, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
Although the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect in January, 1863, some states were slow to free their slaves. The writer comments on some state government restrictions placed on emancipation.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Subtitle: The Election.
Title: Pacific Appeal - September 5, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer provides information on a recent state election to decide whether California would align with the position of the national government during the Civil War.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column