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Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer briefly points out one important result of electing Abraham Lincoln as president. He believes if Lincoln hadn't been elected, the slave trade would have spread across the country and become a "flourishing commerce."

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; commerce; Constitution; Crittenden Proposition; politics; Republicans; slave trade

People: Crittenden, [John Jordan]; Lincoln, Abraham

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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