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Subtitle: The Sumner Outrage &c. Title: Provincial Freeman - June 7, 1856 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer comments on the growing political tension between the North and the South in the U.S. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: America; government; Kansas; politics; Senate; slave holders; slaveocrats; Tribune; United States People: Sumner, Charles Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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