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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 19, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer discusses immigration to Canada and the British West Indies by African Americans. He examines this subject from five perspectives: "commercial, agricultural, social, mental, and political."

Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages

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

Keywords: agricultural; Canada; Colonization; Commercial; cotton; court; economics; elective franchise; emigration; Fugitive Slave Law; fugitives; government; immigration; law; Liberia; politics; population; refugess; revolution; society

People: Child, Mrs.; Clay, Henry; Webster, Daniel

Organization: American Colonization Society

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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