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Celebration the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C... Map of Georgia... Cotton team in North Carolina...
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Celebration the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C... Map of Georgia... Cotton team in North Carolina...

Item # 172988 ·
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 12, 1866 The most desirable print is traditionally: a great halfpg: 'Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by the Colored People in Washington'.
Ftpg. shows: 'The Levee at Cincinnati, Ohio'. One-quarter pg: 'Map of New York Bay'. Halfpg: 'On the Mississippi--Religious Services on Board the 'Ruth' '. Very nice fullpg: 'View of Shockoe Creek Valley, Richmond, Va.' & fullpg: 'Cotton Team in N. Carolina' shows black men leading a cart load of cotton. Very nice fullpg: 'Map of Georgia', and more.
Complete in sixteen pages.

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Categories: 1866-1869, Post-Civil War
Price
$75
Second rate
$39

A more affordable copy with minor flaws. What is a second rate?

100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.

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