Report of a slave insurrection near Charleston...
THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston, November, 1793
- 18th century slave insurrection
- Charleston, South Carolina
Articles within include: "On the Dress of the Indians" "Various Traits of the Africans" & much more
Near the back is the "Monthly Gazette" with news reports including much on the French Revolution, plus: "Domestick Occurrences" which includes headings such as: "Territory South of the Ohio" "Creek Indians" "Intended Duel" "Villany" "Meditated Insurrection" which reports of a slave insurrection at Charleston (see).
Lacking the plate called for.
Complete in 64 pages, 5 by 8 1/4 inches, various tears at the margins, various foxing.
Eighteenth century American magazines are increasingly scarce in today's market. This title was published by the famed Isaiah Thomas, the patriot printer from the Revolutionary War & founder of the American Antiquarian Society.