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Subtitle: Negrophobia.

Title: Elevator - August 18, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer comments on articles published in the Examiner and Democratic Press newspapers that he believes are biased and prejudiced against African Americans.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

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

Keywords: California; children; Civil rights; crime; Democratic Press; Draft Riots; Examiner; New York; Newspapers; prejudice; treason

People: Brown, Beriah; Seymour, Horatio

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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