DescriptionArticle from New Jersey Freeman claiming some sections in Virginia believed that slavery was not against the Bible. These sections also claimed that the Bible supports slavery.
DescriptionPoem from the New Jersey Freeman about the life of a slave boy. The poem talks about the depressing conditions of slave life, but ends with hope that the bonds of slavery will be broken.
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman about a Colonel's feelings towards the difference between drinking wine and whiskey. The colonel believed it was ok to drink wine because it was done in private,...
DescriptionPoem from the New Jersey Freeman about a disgusted wife, who condemned her husband's smoking habit. The poem says the husband promised to quit smoking when the wife accepted to wed him, but never...
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman about the way the prospect of annexing Texas will effect the Presidential election of 1844. The writer opposed the annexation supposedly not on the grounds that it...
DescriptionPoem by Asa Pyatt that recounts the burning of the South, the defeat of the Confederate states' attempt to secede from the union, and the political defeat of Jeff Davis.
DescriptionAn anti-slavery poem from an Anti-slavery convention expressing the courage and conviction of the anit-slavery cause. "We will not bate a letter, nor take a letter back."
DescriptionPoem from the New Jersey Freeman about the social conditions a poor family. It compares the healthful influence of nature's beverage, water with the poisoning effects of intoxicating drinks.
