Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: Negrophobia. Title: Elevator - August 18, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??) The writer comments on articles published in the Examiner and Democratic Press newspapers that he believes are biased and prejudiced against African Americans. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: California; children; Civil rights; crime; Democratic Press; Draft Riots; Examiner; New York; prejudice; treason People: Brown, Beriah; Seymour, Horatio Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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