Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: To Wait is to Work. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 11, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer tells his readers that "war is a swift educator." He agrees with Captain John Brown, Jr. who tells his followers that the hardest thing to learn for those who yearn for freedom is to wait. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: abolitionists; Canada; Harper's Ferry; martyr; Massachusetts; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; soldiers; Virginia; war People: Brown, John Jr.; Butler, [Benjamin Franklin] Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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