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June 29, 1838
The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
The Boston Liberator affirms that slaves in the District of Columbia and Florida are free per the N.E. Anti-Slavery Convention resolution, sarcastically rebutting the Journal of Commerce by analogizing to the Declaration of Independence and American Revolution, criticizing the editor's logic.
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The Boston Liberator says it's sartin true that 'every person now held in slavery in the District of Columbia and Florida, IS and of right ought to be FREE,' agreeably to the resolution of the N. E. Anti-Slavery Convention. Of course, there will be no need of sending any more petitions to Congress, asking the abolition of slavery in said District and Territory.—Journal of Commerce.
Indeed! Then what a company of fools were the signers of the Declaration of Independence, that after they had solemnly declared the people of this country were and of right ought to be free and independent, they did not immediately lay down their arms! What folly—nay, what fanaticism it was to spill their blood to achieve what they had declared was already obtained. It would have been a very 'favorable condition of a circumstance,' if the learned editor of the Journal of Commerce had been born at an earlier period, so that the fathers of the revolution could have availed themselves of his keen penetration and unparalleled wisdom!
Indeed! Then what a company of fools were the signers of the Declaration of Independence, that after they had solemnly declared the people of this country were and of right ought to be free and independent, they did not immediately lay down their arms! What folly—nay, what fanaticism it was to spill their blood to achieve what they had declared was already obtained. It would have been a very 'favorable condition of a circumstance,' if the learned editor of the Journal of Commerce had been born at an earlier period, so that the fathers of the revolution could have availed themselves of his keen penetration and unparalleled wisdom!
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Slavery Abolition
Anti Slavery Convention
Declaration Of Independence
American Revolution
Political Satire
What entities or persons were involved?
Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence
Fathers Of The Revolution
Editor Of The Journal Of Commerce
Where did it happen?
District Of Columbia, Florida
Story Details
Key Persons
Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence
Fathers Of The Revolution
Editor Of The Journal Of Commerce
Location
District Of Columbia, Florida
Story Details
The Boston Liberator declares slaves in D.C. and Florida free by anti-slavery resolution, mocking Journal of Commerce's dismissal by comparing to revolutionaries who fought after declaring independence, satirizing the editor's wisdom.