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Slave narrative debate and anti slavery notices in Ohio and Virginia
A dense letter from Amherst’s Ames G. Birney defends James Williams narrative on slavery, urges impartial testimony, and cites Emancipator and Alabama Beacon responses. The piece critiques Virginia slave breeding claims and reprints ads for enslaved people sale, while reporting Massachusetts abolitionist conventions advocating political action against slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cater James
Swilliams
Peter Rane
Aly Torin
Jnofa
Alabama Beacon
Lish © Communications
Boria Fide
Fairrness
Tha
Richmond Enquirer
O'Connell
Dominion
Daniel O’connell
Virginia
Atlantic
Daniel O'Connell
Daw
Nowanis
Si Saat
Vainia
Wandero
Enquirer
Athenica
Thavgo
James Monroe
Wm. Cobbett
Philadelphia
England
Stanton
Massachusetts Society
Codding
Messrs
Phelps
Johnson
Green
Massachusetts
Congress
Preston
S.C
Wendell Phillips
H. B. Stanton
Webster
Davis
Usica
Goodell
Phelpey Coding
Garrison
Earth
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Patton
Old Massachusetts
Perkins
Gre Y ‘Thompson
Messe
Garison
Grosvetor
Himes
St. Clair
Northampton
Ware
J. P. Williston
George T. Davis
First Congregational Church
David Lée Child Esq
Texas
W. Phillips
Mh Lusk
N. H
Miner