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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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African Slavery in America

Representative secular defense of the institution of slavery by Charles Jared Ingersoll, a well-known Philadelphia civic figure, Congressional representative, and author, published in 1856. Digitized by the Antislavery Literature Project.