Aboard a War with Bravil The Desperado Battle
A long narrative recounts a South American naval skirmish in August 1828 between American forces and Bravilian ships. The narrator details token prize captures, manning losses, and a daring pursuit to overpower the brig of war using a bold boarding action. The decisive encounter ends with the enemy defeated, captains wounded, and the prize secured amid a storm of gunfire and brave aboard-the-ship maneuver. The piece closes with editorial reflections on slavery, Union politics, and Christian duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Bravil
South America
Phita
St. John
Atu
Quatermaster
Belgahoy
Kierner
Olle
Poriambuce
Phore
Dyuter
Quartermaster
Anil
Quartermaster Unter
Brown
Trafalgar
Aboukir
Hunter
Neil
Phomen
Cockpile
Jonge
Dellas
Mark
Bowline
Ane
Herendiler
Draven
Ueck
Intervale
Burt
iMers
Stack
Tuka
Bear
Bentrius
The Free Soil Movement and Abolition Debate
The Pittsburgh Gazette, aging Whig and anti slavery paper, discusses the Free Soil convention in Pittsburgh. It argues slavery is a great wrong and notes abolition must come either by voluntary action of slaveholding states or through political action within the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Gazette
Pittsburgh
Sil
Free Soil
Abolition Debate and the North Split over Slavery
A discussion on anti slavery tactics contrasts Wilberforce era perseverance with modern discord among Free Soil and abolitionist factions. The piece defends keeping united political action, critiques desertion by Whigs, and portrays Gerrit Smith and Gerrit Seward as central figures in the era's conflict over how to end slavery without tearing the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Wilberforce
Clerkson
Wm. Lloyd Garrison
Gerrit Smith
John 1
Ifale
Jophina R. Giddings
Friends of Freedom
New York
Polk
Texas
Mexico
Wilmot
Birney
Buffalo
Pittsbursh
Seward
Johnston
Greeles
Free States
Gerrit Swith
Utica
Tio
United States
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Lockwood & Bagg
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Ann So- Liter
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Tigrin
L. FY
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Chancery
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Selgeon
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Attorn
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Ohio
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Merwar & Oas
Warn Men
Kewley
CRANE
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Maseuy & Nullers
Maxis
Orew Cowles
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Dedinzs Gonts
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Vna
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B. Gates
Harkness
Avery Stadle
Roar of the Beteilnuee
Evere
Buggies
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Perhurery
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Mys
DRS
Manter & Rose
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Massey & Fuller
Ealers
Packard
Crewe
P. Tamelton
Joker
Main St
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Wington
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J. W. Rullick
Lorain County
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Morse
Hig Shop
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Bing
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