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Antislavery Poetry from San Francisco

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The Pacific Appeal was the leading African American newspaper on the West Coast during the early 1860s.  A newly-published set of eight antislavery poems from the journal's inaugural 1862 volume captures the sense of expectancy within the African American community for the imminent end of US slavery.  These poems include the work of James Madison Bell, a San Francisco plasterer, brickmason, and poet.  Read more... 
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News -- Anthologies and the Antislavery Movement -- December 2008

A paper presented by Project director Joe Lockard at a panel session of the Modern Language Association on December 27, 2008. The paper discusses the use of anthologies and miscellanies by the US antislavery movement.

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