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Cydnor Tompkins: “The columns of the Daily Globe teemed with fierce and fiery denunciations of all who would not bow to the behests of…”

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The columns of the Daily Globe teemed with fierce and fiery denunciations of all who would not bow to the behests of pro-slavery power.
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Cydnor Tompkins
Republican · Ohio

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He criticizes the media for its aggressive attacks on those opposing pro-slavery sentiments.

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