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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 1, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Nathaniel Gordon was the only American hung for being engaged in the slave trade. The editor comments on his actions, trial, and execution.

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

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

Keywords: Africa; crime; execution; New England; slave-trade

People: Brownson, Dr.; Gordon, [Nathaniel]; Hughes, Archbishop; Seabury, Dr.

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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