University Archives

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 27, 1861

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer eloquently rejoices in the onslaught of the civil war that is beginning in Virginia, a state he believes is the birth place of slavery.

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: Civil War; Slavery; Virginia

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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