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Benjamin Bannan

A Pottsville editor’s letter to Abraham Lincoln in support of the Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Editor Benjamin Bannan vehemently supported the end of slavery in the summer of 1862.

Posted in Civil War, NewspapersTagged 1862, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Bannan, Civil War, Coal Region, Emancipation Proclamation, Letter, Miners Journal, Pennsylvania, Politics, Pottsville, Primary Source, Schuylkill County, SlaveryLeave a comment

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