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Ad for Exiles

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Excerpt from a sample of advertisement for The Exiles of Florida:

Excerpt from an advertisement as it appeared in the Political debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the celebrated campaign of 1858, in Illinois. published by Follett, Foster And Company (Columbus, Ohio), 1860.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Sources: The Colored American, April 10, 1841, The North Star, May 12, July 14, 1848, The National Era, February 3, March 9, May 11, 1848, Frederick Douglass’ Paper, November 26, 1852, February 4, November 18, December 2, 1853, November 24, 1854. ©
Part 4, Freedom: Outline  l Images
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 Trail Narrative
 + Prologue
 + Background: 1693-1812
 + Early Years: 1812-1832
 + War: 1832-1838
 + Exile: 1838-1850
 - Freedom: 1850-1882
+ Cost of Freedom
+ Liberty Foretold
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The War Power
Emancipation
Lincoln's Choice
Black Militants
+ Liberty Found
 + Legacy & Conclusion

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Giddings and the Black Abolitionists

Atlantic Monthly review of Exiles, September 1858

Ad for Exiles

More on the book’s style, bias, and vision

The Exiles of Florida, complete digital text

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