Black Abolitionist Archive

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Title: Provincial Freeman - January 13, 1855 Speaker or author: S. Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer responds to an article published in another newspaper regarding the current debate over the idea of people of African descent immigrating to Canada. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Anti-Emigrationists; Canada; Canada Emigration Movement; Emigrationists; Frederick Douglass' Paper; immigration; Liberia People: Buxton, Thomas Fowell; Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893; Jenkins, D.; Johnson, E. R. Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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