Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The editor reports on a story published in another newspaper regarding an incidence when a fugitive female slave cut the throats of her children when she knew capture was imminent.
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: children; Cincinnati; fugitives; newspaper; Ohio; slaves; women
People: Henry, Patrick
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers