Black Abolitionist Archive | "The Colored People Pro-Slavery" -- Untrue.

Subtitle: "The Colored People Pro-Slavery" -- Untrue.

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer responds to a comment made by Thomas Van Rensselaer that the free African American people are pro-slavery and "priest-ridden."

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; Christianity; slander; Slavery

People: Van Rensselaer, Thomas

Organization: American Anti-Slavery Society

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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