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title: 'Confessions of Zephyrus: A Phantasy of the Antique'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Margaret Junkin Preston'
date: 1850-12-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'War and Peace'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Exodus 21'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/preston-1850-confessions-of-zephyrus-a-phantasy-of-the-antique
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# Confessions of Zephyrus: A Phantasy of the Antique

1850 Southern Literary Messenger pieces debate the Fugitive Slave Bill and rising North–South tensions, warning of disunion and possible war; also includes poetry and literary essays.

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