Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: "Truth Crushed to Earth will Rise Again." Title: Pacific Appeal - January 23, 1864 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?) The writer comments on the way African American soldiers have distinguished themselves on the battlefield and proven wrong those who believed they would not fight for their country. He suggests that other misconceptions and fears about African Americans are being proven incorrect one by one. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Civil rights; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: "Descriptions of the Battlefield"; Campbell Resolution; citizenship; Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation; patriotism; poem; Right of Testimony; soldiers; valor People: Bryant, William Cullen; Jackson, Andrew Publication type: editorials; Newspapers |
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