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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 5, 1859

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

The writer tells his readers that the North holds a beacon of hope for the abolition of slavery. He asks them to remember a time before Abolitionism when the only recourse for the slave was rebellion and/or death.

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 Journals; Abolitionism; non-resistance; North; Slavery; South

People: Garrison, William Lloyd; Turner, Nat; Veazie, Denmark

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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