University Archives

Title: Weekly Advocate - January 21, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)

The writer called for universal emancipation. He emphasized the moral and political injustices of the system of slavery in the U.S.

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

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

Keywords: bondage; emancipation; liberty; morality; rights; shame; system; universal emancipation

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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