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Volume 1 issue of a scarce anti-slavery newspaper...
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Volume 1 issue of a scarce anti-slavery newspaper...

Item # 706502 ·
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE, Washington, D.C., Oct, 1853  A very scace title, not listed in Gregory, nor in Union List of Serials.
This is the volume 1, number 5 issue which apparently listed until May, 1854. or 11 issues. Then there was a "new series" printed from May, 1855 thru April 1856.
This was an anti-slavery newspaper with articles including; "Does the Constitution Require Freemen To Hunt Fugitive Slaves?" "Slave Case--Judge McLean's Opinion" "The Southern Platform; or, Manual of Southern Sentiment on the Subject of Slavery" and more.
Eight pages, 9 by 11 1/2 inches, great condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #370 - released for September, 2026

Category: Pre-Civil War
Price
$345
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.