Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: Politics. Title: Colored American - October 10, 1840 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer stresses the importance of political action and the exercising of voting rights in the work to abolish slavery. 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: abolitionists; anti-slavery; improvement; political action; politics; suffrage; vote Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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