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Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864 The crisis. [Vol. 2, no. 21 (June 18, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03442 Author/Creator: Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864 Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Newspaper Date: 18 June 1862 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 50.4 cm, Width: 33.9 cm Order a Copy

Pro-slavery newspaper. The article "Questions Gingerly Touched and Tenderly Asked" harshly criticizes the "Ohio State Journal" for its previous criticism of "the Crisis". Also includes a speech by Samuel S. Cox of Ohio, given at the House of Representatives on June 6, 1862 entitled "Emancipation and its Results-- Is Ohio to be Africanized?" (pages 162-163 and 166). Reports on many news items of local and national importance, as well as advertisements, court cases, and military news.

Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889

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