Positive Reception for The Unionist
Haverhill Gazette 03 August 1833
Positive notice
Transcription
“The Unionist” is the title of a paper just established at Brooklyn, Conn. It zealously espouses the cause of the persecuted Miss Crandall, advocates the immediate abolition of slavery, and justly denounces the foolish and wicked law of Connecticut, which imposes a penalty for teaching colored persons to read. It seems, the necessity for the establishment of this paper arose from the fact, that the friends of constitutional liberty were excluded from the columns of the other. It handles the projectors and advocates of the “black law” with merited severity; and we ardently hope that since the editor has raised the standard of freedom, he will keep it unfurled, so long as a single advocate of slavery in any form shall dare to raises his hateful head in our country.
About this Item
The Haverhill Gazette was, at times, under the editorial guidance of John Greenleaf Whittier, which may explain this strong support.
