Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 14, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The recent phenomenon of white people in the free northern states volunarily entering into slavery has created a need to develop new terminology to distinguish the free from the slave states. Previously the country was divided along a line of "free" and "slave" (north and south), now this no longer applies.
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: government; North; politics; South; Virginia; white slaves
People: Mason, Senator [James Murray]
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers