University Archives

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

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

Keywords: abolitionists; Civil War; kidnappers

People: Beecher, Henry Ward; Giddings, Joshua R.; Greely, Horace; Hyatt, Thaddeus; Ruffin, Edward

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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