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The North Star

The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. This issue contains several anti-slavery essays and letters, including a letter from Douglass to his previous enslaver Thomas Auld, titled [To My Old Master], as well as a critique of the Liberian colonization movement, news of the rebellion in Ireland, poetry, notices of anti-slavery society meetings around the region, and general advertisements. Artist Unknown. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. This issue contains several anti-slavery essays and letters, including a letter from Douglass to his previous enslaver Thomas Auld, titled [To My Old Master], as well as a critique of the Liberian colonization movement, news of the rebellion in Ireland, poetry, notices of anti-slavery society meetings around the region, and general advertisements. Artist Unknown. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
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Heritage Images / Contributor
Editorial #:
1326286606
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
January 01, 1848
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Source:
Hulton Archive
Object name:
2833237
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