Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: Colored Orphan Asylum Fair in Brooklyn. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) Overview of a recent fair presented by the Colored Orphan Asylum in Brooklyn, New York. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Fund raisers (Persons); Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Brooklyn; celebration; fair; New York; orphanage; prejudice People: Beecher, [Henry Ward]; Freeman, Mrs. A. N.; Gloucester, Mrs. J. N.; Ray, Mrs. C[harles] B.; Wilson, Mrs. W. J. Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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