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Subtitle: An Instance of Discrimination. Title: Colored American - April 29, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor praises the New York American newspaper for adding at the end of a report regarding an attempted rescue of a fugitive slave, that not all African Americans condone breaking the law in this manner. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: charity; crime; discrimination; dishonesty; fugitive; law; morality; New York American; newspaper; prejudice; prisoner; rescue; virtue Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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