THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 1852  This newspaper is forever linked to the best-selling novel of the 19th century: "Uncle Tom's Cabin", for the book was originally released as a 40 week serial in this anti-slavery newspaper beginning in June, 1851. It was the newspaper's publisher who encouraged Stowe to produce the work in book form, and it is common consensus that the book had much to do with popularizing sentiment which lead to the Civil War.
Page 3 has an ad headed: "Uncle Tom's Cabin for 37 1/2 Cents!" being one of the lengthier ads for this famous book we have seen (see the photo). Various anti-slavery items also in this issue as well.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, very nice condition.