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Title: Colored Citizen - November 7, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored Citizen (1863 - 18??)
The writer comments on an incident in England where a minister refused to invite his congregation to a lecture on emancipation. The minister aligned with the ideas of Lord Brougham regarding emancipation which seem now to the writer to be in direct contradiction to his earlier views.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Elevator - September 15, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer includes a poem written during the Civil War inviting abolitionists to come to the southern states. He tells his readers what became of those mentioned in the poem.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - February 9, 1855
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
The writer discusses the case of Joshua Glover, a fugitve slave who sought asylum in Wisconsin. A band of men rescued him after he was caught and jailed. The two men who aided Glover and were instrumental in his escape were imprisoned and fined.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
Speaker or author: Douglass, H. Ford
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle
In this election year, the speaker encouraged continued vigilance in the fight for abolition of slavery. The speaker stressed where each party and each presidential candidate stood on the issue of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 12 page, 3,422 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Gross, Theodore, Rev.
Newspaper or publication: Watchman and Weslayan Advertiser
Detailed account of one man's experience with slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 2,255 word document (text and images)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer comments on the upcoming speaking engagement of Lajos Kossuth. He tells his readers that Kossuth is trying to raise money for ammunition which seems to contradict the cause of freedom and life that the slaves are fighting for.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 21, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Very brief overview of a lecture delivered by Henry Ward Beecher in New York.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 10, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer describes the unsettled state of the country after the incident at Harper's Ferry and the execution of John Brown. He praises John Brown's life and heroic death.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 31, 1859
Speaker or author: Allan A. Lane to H[enry] W[ard] Beecher
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The editor shares a warning received from a reliable source that sailors of African descent are not safe on ships in southern ports. He included the story of a British sailor who was found on a ship docked in Georgia and subsequently sold into slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 24, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer tells his readers about an upcoming performance presented by the children at the Colored Orphan Asylum in New York. The proceeds of the performance will be used to benefit the school and support the children.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 26, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer discusses the effects of John Brown's actions on the politics of slavery. He tells his readers that this was a revolutionary act and that it has opened the way to reform.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page