Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: The Anglo-African and the Irrepressible Conflict. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - February 4, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) Commentary on how misinformation is spread throughout the country via unscrupulous newspaper reporting. He cites the New York Herald as being particularly good at this type of prejudicial reporting which just adds to the racial tension already present between the free states in the north the and slave states in the south. Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Africa; anarchy; Civil War; Herald; Irish; newspaper; North; press; South; violence Publication type: editorials; Newspapers |
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