Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: The Coming Hour. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 13, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer offers a comparison between the French Revolution and the state of slavery in the U.S. at this time. He tells his readers slavery is worse than death. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: "Reign of Terror"; Bastile; Carnival of Anarchy; Civil rights; Democracy; France; liberty; revolution Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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