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Subtitle: The Slave Margaret. Title: Provincial Freeman - April 5, 1856 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer relates different versions of the fate of Margaret Garner, her baby, and those aboard the steamship Henry Lewis. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Arkansas; children; Fugitive Slave case; Gaine's Landing; infant; Kentucky; slave; steamboat; steamship People: Butts, Marshall; Garner, Margaret; Garner, Peggy; Lewis, Henry Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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