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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - December 22, 1854

Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.

Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)

(Text is partially illegible.) The writer urges John Mitchel, an Irish immigrant who fought for continuation of slavery in the U.S., to return to Ireland and stop interfering with politics in this country.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

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

Keywords: Ireland; Know-Nothing Party; politics; rebel; slaveholders; Slavery

People: Mitchel, John

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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