University Archives

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 2, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

Open letter to Henry Clay responding to his "scheme" of Colonization, and the continuation of slavery.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

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

Keywords: Canada; chattel; Colonization; convention; Detroit; education; emancipation; Fugitive Slave Law; government; land; Michigan; politics; prejudice; refugees

People: Clay, Henry; Richardson, Lewis

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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