Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: The "Colonist" and the Fugitives. Title: Provincial Freeman - May 5, 1855 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer comments on an article published in another newspaper offering a weak apology for a previously published statement saying that fugitive slaves made "undesirable citizens." The circular logic in the apology noted that if the fugitives were "intelligent and industrious" that they wouldn't care what color they were. The assumption is already made in this writer's statement that these people are "ignorant and brutally trained." 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: British; Canada; Chatham Planet; Christianity; citizens; Colonist; fugitive; law; slaves People: Bennett, Gordon; Larwill, Mr.; Mitchell, John Publication type: editorials; Newspapers |
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