CA-K277History
George Brown, The Globe and the Great Coalition
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George Brown (1818–1880) founded the influential newspaper The Globe in 1844 and became a leading reformer and head of the “Clear Grit” party. In 1864 he was a key figure in the Great Coalition that made Confederation possible, and he co-founded the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada.
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His journalism and political role, not the history of The Globe and Mail.
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