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TitleArrest of a fugitive slave
Date Created1845-06
DescriptionAricle from New Jersey Freeman about the attempted arrest of a fugtive slave by the Sheriff and constable of Burlington County, NJ. The story says that the sheriff believed it was his duty by the law...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleThe state meeting
Date Created1844-09
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman that provided the resolutions decided upon by the the New Jersey Anti-Slavery Society during their state meeting on August 22, 1844. The society resolved that...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleA slave auction
Date Created1844-10-26
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman about a slave auction that a northern man witnessed in Louisana. A father was put on the auction block and sold to one man. His wife and children were put up for...
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TitleThe following resolutions were adopted by the Boonton W.T.B on Monday evening 12th of May
Date Created1845-06
DescriptionAritcle printed in the New Jersey Freeman about resolutions of the Boonton Womans' Temperance Board. The resolutions stated that if any merchant that sold or gave away liquor or spirits in their...
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TitleLines
Date Created1845-06
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."
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TitleWine and whiskey
Date Created1844-09
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,...
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TitleTexas
Date Created1844-09
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...
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TitleThink of the slave
Date Created1844-09
DescriptionPoem from the New Jersey Freeman asking all to think of slaves troubles when they pray and feeling down. A slave must deal with his troubles and continue worknig no matter his or her condition.
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TitleThe disgusted wife to her husband
Date Created1844-09
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...
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TitleRecord of officers and men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865, Vol. I: Compiled in the office of the Adjutant General
Date Created1876
DescriptionWilliam S. Stryker, newly appointed Adjutant General of New Jersey in 1867, was asked by Governor Marcus L. Ward to prepare an Official Register of the officers and men of New Jersey in the "War of...