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John L. Carey
d. 1852
A Maryland newspaper editor and state legislator, he wrote forcefully about slavery and public life in the years before the Civil War. His surviving work offers a window into the political arguments of the 1840s and early 1850s.
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Slavery in Maryland briefly considered
by John L. Carey
About the author
John L. Carey was an American newspaper editor, writer, and politician active in Maryland in the mid-19th century. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1843 and spent many years editing the American and Commercial Daily Advertiser in Baltimore.
He is chiefly remembered for writing on slavery, a subject he addressed in letters and books during a tense period in American history. One of his best-known works is Slavery in Maryland Briefly Considered, and his published exchanges with other public figures show how deeply he was involved in the political debates of his day.
Carey died in 1852, reportedly in New Orleans. Although not widely known now, his writings remain useful to readers interested in antebellum journalism, Maryland politics, and the arguments that shaped the era before the Civil War.