Georgetown Communications on Free Soil and Abolitionism
A Georgetown correspondent recounts the rise of Free Soil and abolitionist sentiment from 1848 onward, noting Free soilers as a fringe faction and tracing how newspapers like the Messenger and Peninsula News shifted toward anti slavery advocacy, branding Northern and Southern churches as divided and warning against abolitionist influence in Milford and Sussex.
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Bprton
United States
Prince John
Garell
Martin van Buren
Aa Christian
Despond
Celestial City
Democratic Party
Black
Republican Party
Delaware
New Castle County
Milford
Washington
Jaffson
Madison
Our Republic
North
Old Sussex
Messenger
Worcester County Shield
Exitor
Philadelphia
Messengee
Abahodiat Church
Methodiat Exinisters
Onde Fall Beck
Peninsular News
Georgetown Messenger
Jefferson
Algos
Great
The
Republic
the Messenger
New York Tribune
Jeffrey
Dorcas
Jiffrey
Peninswar News
Conservatism urged in Georgetown in 1859 letter
A May 1859 Georgetown communication denounces abolitionist extracts from the New York Tribune and urges Sussex to uphold conservative principles, warning against fanaticism and declaring the Diamond State a monument to its citizens' conservatism.
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New York Tribune
Sussex
The Thugs of India and their Bloodthirsty Faith
A lengthy exposé explains the Thug sect, their goddess Bhowanie, and the Brothers of the Good Work. It details their murder methods, disguises, and pervasive reach from Himalayas to Malabar, with emphasis on ritual strangulation and final disposal of bodies.
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Bhowanie
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Religiova Mendicanta
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Bin
Othera
East India Company
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