Title: Pacific Appeal - January 24, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer describes the series of Presidential Administrations during what he describes as "the zenith of the slave-power" in this country. Now that the Emancipation Proclamation has taken effect, he predicts that "Truly, a bright future awaits us."
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: Europe; government; politics; secessionists; Slavery
People: Buchanan, James; Fillmore, Millard; Harrison, William Henry; Jackson, Andrew; Pierce, Franklin; Polk, James K.; Taylor, Zachery; Tyler, John; Van Buren, Martin
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers