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How The Colored Man Feels

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
July
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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We cu; the following from the Pitisburgh 'Mystery' - a paper edited by one of the blackeit men we ever knew - bul a man of etrong mind and of general intelligence. It shows how the culored man regards the practical oppressor:] - Ch. Frceman. A Mistake. - The Uniontown Democrat says. n comparing Clay with Polk, he (Clay) is alwavs onsistent, alwaysright: 'Now, as ever, the great champion of hberty, nd the rights of man. Out against Texas - gainsl slavery - for freedom throughout the world. Which banner do you choose, Clay and jibertyor Polk, Texaa, Slavery V If Clay is the champion of Libeity, God help s when we becotne subject to the influence of ihr laveholder! If he is an emblem of Suuthern lib riy, what must the slavekolder bel 'Which anner' do we choose? Why neither! They re boih blood-stained banners to us. Yes.staind with the innocent blood of our downtrodden kindred! If Clny is a friend of Liberty, why on't he emancípate the sixty human souls that ie now holds in wretched bondageí No, he ie ie katsr of one part of the human family. Read lis Colonization dcclarations against the ƒ161 colred pecple; he a friend to Libertyl He vould nk us if hecould.

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Signal of Liberty
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