University Archives

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1852

Speaker or author: G.

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

The writer responds to an article published in another newspaper urging people of African (and Irish) descent to buy land now in Canada, and settle in a country that's less hostile to them than the U.S.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

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

Keywords: Boston Pilot; Canada; Christian Herald; farming; Irish; land

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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