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Abolition

Title: Newspaper Editorial
Type: Newspaper
Date: 1860
Source: Falls Evening News

Description: In this short notice, the editors of the newspaper explained their reasons for not publishing all of the letters they received about the Eliza Winston case.
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Newspaper Editorial

Activities:

  1. Is the purpose of this article to explain what happened with Eliza Winston at Lake Harriet?



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  2. What reasons do the editors give for not retelling the story?



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  3. What do the editors suggest is the best way to deal with these situations?



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  4. How does the article encourage people to act toward Southerners?



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