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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: Trial of Mr. John Taylor. Title: Colored American - September 26, 1840 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief report on the trial of a man in England who was found guilty of selling British subjects into slavery in Texas. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Jury Trial. Title: Colored American - May 23, 1840 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief statement alerting readers to the passing of a law that provided a jury trial to any person being held as a fugitive slave. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: A State of Peculiar Trial. Title: Colored American - September 22, 1838 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer expresses the injustices of prejudice that have been adopted not only by society in general but the Church in particular. He describes the way African Americans are treated when they attempt to attend church services with their white brethren. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |