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Nathaniel Gordon, executed for being a slave trader...
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Nathaniel Gordon, executed for being a slave trader...

Item # 707921 ·
THE WORLD, New York, Jan. 29, 1862  Page 4 has half a column taken up with an article headed: "Gordon The Slaver". This is concerning Nathaniel Gordon, an American slave trader who was the only person in the U.S. to be tried, convicted, and executed by the federal government for having "engaged in the slave trade" under the Piracy Law of 1820.
Other Civil War reports throughout.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, wear at the 2 folds with minor loss at the fold juncture.

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

Category: Yankee
Price
$40
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.