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Story of fugitive slave Margaret Garner...
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Story of fugitive slave Margaret Garner...

Item # 173094 ·
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 18, 1867  Nice fullpg. & famous Black print: 'The Modern Medea--the Story of Margaret Garner' plus an article on the fugitive slave. Halfpg: 'The Charleston Firemen Saluting the Old Flag' & 'Union Prisoners' Cemetery at Charleston, S.C.'. Dblpgctrfld: 'The Newboys' Lodging-House, New York' shows 10 scenes in the life of a newsboy.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. 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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