University Archives

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 8, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

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

Brief announcement of the arrival in Canada of a fugitive slave using the Underground Railroad.

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: Canada; fugitive; Fugitive Slave Law; Kentucky; refugees; Slavery; Underground Railroad

People: Foster, Henry

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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