Forbidden to read from Exodus... A Sealed Book for Slaves...
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February 07, 1857
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, London, February 7, 1857 This weekly publication features a very illustrated front page. Inside this issue is an article entitled "A Sealed Book For Slaves" in which ministers in Tennessee were strictly prohibited from reading a certain portion of the book of Exodus, pertaining to the account of the deliverance of other slaves from Egyptian bondage. This issue is comprised of stories, news, illustrations, poetry and others. Complete in 12 pages and in good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War










