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Unknown An Abolitionist Traitor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05079 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York, New York Type: Broadside Date: 29 August 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 48.5 x 30 cm. Order a Copy

Anonymous broadside signed in print by "A Democratic Workingman." Angry views expressed about the abolition views of Georgian Robert Toombs. Most angry with Tombs' comment that "The moment wages descend to a point barely sufficient to support the laborer and his family, capital cannot afford to own labor, and slavery instantly ceases." A Democratic Workingman says the obviously corollary to this line of thought is "when free white workingmen are reduced to the same level as negro slaves, then the negroes will be set free." Calls workers for help. Corners were repaired.

Robert Toombs served the Confederacy as a General and as Secretary of State.

Toombs, Robert, 1810-1885

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