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  1. Visit to Slave Jail
    date November 8, 1843map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Slavery, Slave Jails

    On November 8, 1843, a reporter from the Philadelphia Enquirer described his visit to a slave jail. Outraged by the horrific conditions he decried “the wickedness and the cruelty of the abominable system…”   In his article the reporter describes the conditions of the jail and the different types of slaves who were being housed in the jail. The proprietor of the jail “was continually occupied...