Announcement of the death of William Wilberforce

The Unionist 1833-09-05

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☞ THE VENERABLE WILBERFORCE, THE WARM PHILANTHROPIST, THE ZEALOUS FRIEND OF THE BLACKS IS DEAD

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Wilberforce was an important exemplar among American Abolitionists. This brief notice, in all caps - which equaled shouting much as it does in email today - conveys the urgency surrounding this sad notice.

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Title: Announcement of the death of William Wilberforce
Description: Announcement of the death of William Wilberforce
Bibliographic Citation: The Unionist 1833-09-05
Full Issue Sequence Number: 1833-09-05 p03.26
Type: Text
Language: English
Publisher: The Unionist
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Subject: Abolition; Foreign News
Source: The Unionist
Original Item: sjsu-library.github.io
Identifier: unionist--text-0100
Category: Unionist content
Issue: 6
Related People: William Wilberforce
Related image: unionist--image-0004