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Subtitle: "Rattlesnakes" -- Slavery Influence. Title: Provincial Freeman - May 16, 1857 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer discusses the effects of slavery on society that reach from the acceptance of the misery on the auction block, to the advertisements that continue to appear in big city American newspapers. Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: advertisement; auction; Chicago Times; Christianity; New York Observer; New York Tribune; religion; reporting; slave ship; slave trade; society People: Clarkson, [Thomas]; Pond, Rev. W. C.; Wilberforce, [William] Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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