University Archives

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 21, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer tells his readers that a former slave who once made money for his master by making cigars, now uses this skill to make money for himself.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

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

Keywords: cigar; employment; fugitive; tobacco; Windsor

People: Stephenson, Henry

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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