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News on the John Brown invasion... Capture of a slave ship...



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November 15, 1859

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 1859  The ftpg. has an article: "Arrival Of A Captured Slaver" concerns the barque Emily, captured on the coast of Africa: "...This is the fourth slaver taken within six months by the African squadron...".
Also on the ftpg: "The Harper's Ferry Conspiracy--Close of the Trial and Sentence of Prisoners" which is on the John Brown incident. This article takes three-quarters of a column.
Four pages, some staining at the top of the right margin, good condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Category: Pre-Civil War