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Sway people to have an antislavery stance. And in order to do so, they felt they should have a newspaper because they could disseminate information which would convince them that slavery was a wrong and evil and it was actually hurting the country. Out of that meeting. And, remember, this is a year before michigan is actually a state. Out of that meeting came publication of a newspaper. And it was mostly led by two men. Theodore foster who came from new england. His father was a u. S. Senator. And reverend guy beckley who came from vermont. They managed to keep it going from 1841 through 1848 and thats really amazing when you look at the history of newspapers in this country. In 1842, we still have a newspaper being published by the executive committee of the Antislavery Society, and sullivan, who was the printer out of jackson county, michigan is still the printer. Thats going to change and beckly and foster are going to take over within a short time of managing the newspaper. This ne

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