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Subtitle: Liberty and Death. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - December 17, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer relates the story of a couple whose child was killed while they were escaping slavery. 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: Canada; child; fugitive; Indiana; Mississippi; narrative; property; slave; Underground Railroad People: Johnson, Isaac Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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