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Domestic News
June 11, 1836
The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Commentary on the known burning alive of a negro at the West, criticizing American cruelty compared to Santa Anna and the Russian Emperor, quoting the Atlas on the uniqueness of such roasting among enlightened Americans.
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The Burning of the Negro! The circumstances attending the burning of a negro alive at the West, are known. Much is said of Santa Anna's cruelty-much of the blood-thirstiness of the Russian Emperor. What has been said of this damning act— this deed-too dark for human perpetration in this enlightened age! Comparatively nothing. Well does the Atlas say: The Spaniards may have murdered monks by the score; the Mexicans may have shot prisoners by the dozen; but roasting alive before a slow fire, is a practice no where followed except among free, enlightened, high-minded Americans!
What sub-type of article is it?
Execution
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
Burning Negro
Alive Execution
West Cruelty
American Slavery
Where did it happen?
The West
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
The West
Outcome
a negro burned alive
Event Details
The circumstances attending the burning of a negro alive at the West, are known.