Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: A Minister Buying His Family. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 24, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer tells his readers that a minister is in town from Maryland attempting to raise money to purchase his family from slavery. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; United States--History--19th century Keywords: A. M. E. Church; children; contributions; donations; Maryland; Slavery; women People: Wheeler, Andrew Organization: African Methodist Episcopal Church Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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