Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: Extract - Important. Title: Colored American - December 16, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor responds to a letter expressing fear that the African American people of Pennsylvania will be disenfranchised and banished from the state due to recent changes in the state's constitution. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Civil rights; Constitution; convention; disenfranchise; government; human rights; legislature; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; politics; Republican; state's rights Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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