A Slave Girl and Her World in a Northern City
A long feature recounts lives of enslaved individuals in Washington and beyond, tracing Rena and Bena the Congo child, Lizzie a dressmaker freed through efforts of Northern women, Albert and his wife, and George who paid for a promised freedom with debt. The piece links personal stories to abolitionist themes, noting racial bias, wealth among free Blacks, and victories and injustices tied to emancipation.
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Washington
Rena
Congo
Bena
Missy
Maryland
Columba
Thar
Albert
Elmer Ellsworth Warfield
Warfield
Daniel Ellsworth
Capitol
Allus
District of Columbia
Lizzie
Old Dominion
Northwest
Linzie
Lizze
Lyon
Mrs. Lincoln
George
Congress
North
Dixie
U.S
Garret Davis
Senate
Dangers of Coal Oil Ignored Despite Insurance Gripes
The public continues to use coal oil despite warnings about its dangers while insurance firms voice complaints.
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Warren Mail
Jowan
Deranium
Fu Rine Square
CESS
Hazeltine & Co
Destersin
Cal
Variety Hall
Johnson’s
Ex Age
Warren. Warren Co
G. W. Masestine
P. Johnson
Brown Brothers
Warren
F. W. Brown
John Brown
B. G. Keyes
Hickory
Third Streets
George Ballsanya
News Depot
Warren Pa
Caughey and Clark
Moffat’s Ale
Bonnell Block
State Street
Erie
X. Savager
N. J. Clark
Pittsfield House
A. Kirberger
Gaye Ny
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Ir Dry Goods
Wetmore and Clark
Second Street
Johnson
Brown’s
Warren, Pa
Wetmore
Junius R. Clark
Beecher & Colman
Coteman
Dunkirk
M. Beecher, JR
Tidioute Hotel
J. M. Hamlin
Tidioute
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Barnett W. Lacy
Jerome Davis
Post Gee
Intis
A. Brock
A. Finger
Water Street
Crystal Palace
C. W. Rathbun, & Co
Point Breeze
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glenni W. Scofield
WM. DP. Brown
P. R. Bennett
Front Street
Smith & Messner
Barbeer House
Big Bend
Ferr and
E Entertainment
Kinzua,Smethport, Olean, &c. Glade
Reen
Greenland Brothers
J. A. Morrison
Post Omce
H. A. Jamieson
R. Brown Esq
Johnson’s Exchange
M. Shaffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
Warren County
D. Patterson
Irvine
Warren Co
R. D. Bennett
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
George Sailor
William Siggins
Youngsville
E’en
Nevermore
The
Evening Post
Life In
Vanity Fair
Newbern
Rhode Island
Soutureen Wiicurs & DuMirey Trura
Appel
the Neuse
Richmond
McArone
Green Mountain Boys
Chain Bridge
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Potomac
Wa. Scott
Company K
Scott
Yorktown
Buchanan
Worfolk Navy Yard
Lincoln
McCauley
Paulding
Pendergrast
Cumberland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Philadelphia
Norfolk Navy Yard
Harper's Erry Armory
Roger Jones
Hale
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Tennessee
Grimes
Iowa
Tarnis
Harris
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