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Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer offers criticism of the American Anti-Slavery Society. The society focuses all its efforts on the abolition of slavery and the condition of the slaves in the south, that there is no energy left to address the problems facing free African Americans in the north.

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

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

Keywords: abolition; American Anti-Slavery Society; American Colonization Society; immediate emancipation; Manumission Society; prejudice; Slavery

Organization: American Anti-Slavery Society

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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