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Speaker or author: Johnson, Ezra R.

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal

Speech encouraging patience in the fight for emancipation and emphasizing the speaker's belief that it wouldn't be long before President Lincoln would abolish slavery nationwide.

Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,200 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1862-09-03

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

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Christianity; Church; emancipation; government; Horace Greely; prejudice; Rev. T. Starr King; soldiers

People: Greely, Horace; King, Rev. T. Starr; Lincoln, Abraham

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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