Black Republican Prayer
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09116 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.6 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy
Copperhead Black Republican Prayer. About the emancipation of slaves and Lincoln's prosecution of the war. "May the blessings of Emancipation extend throughout our unhappy land--and the illustrious, sweet scented Sambo nestle in the bosom of every Abolition woman, that she may be quickened by the pure blood of Majestic African--and the spirit of Amalgamation shine forth in all its splendor and glory--that we may become a regenerated nation of half breeds and mongrels, and the distinction of color be forever consigned to oblivion..."
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