University Archives

Title: Colored American - November 9, 1839

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer expresses his opinion on recent political action as it pertains to the abolition of slavery.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) (small section missing on first page)

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

Keywords: abolition; Congress; disfranchise; government; legislature; opinon; politics; slave; slaveholding; vote

People: Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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