Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 2, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer expresses the newspaper's disapproval of a plan purposed by a Michigan convention to care for the refugees from slavery living in Canada. This type of charity tends to keep those receiving it in a continuous state of dependency and poverty.
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: aid; Baptist; Canada; charity; convention; Detroit; fugitives; land; Michigan; newspaper; refugees; scheme; school
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers