DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 1858

• Slaver Echo captured w/ slaves
• Illegal African slave trade

Page 3 has a report concerning one of the more infamous slave ships of the era: the Echo: "The Captured Africans". The photos show portion of the detailed article.
Page 3 also has: "The Captured Slaver and Her Cargo" which is interesting editorial commentary taking fully 1 1/2 columns, with considerable detail (see photos for portions).  
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, some archival strengthening at the spine, minor wear. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Background: The September 2, 1858 issue of Washington D.C.’s Daily National Intelligencer stands as an extraordinarily rare and historic artifact of pre-Civil War journalism, capturing one of the mid-19th century's most notorious violations of the federal transatlantic slave trade ban through its expansive reporting on the captured American slaver Echo. Spanning fully 1½ columns on Page 3, the edition delivers a deeply detailed account under the headers "The Captured Africans" and "The Captured Slaver and Her Cargo," detailing the U.S. Navy brig Dolphin’s high-seas interception off Cuba of the vessel—which was carrying over 450 illicitly trafficked Africans under horrific conditions—and tracking the surviving 300 individuals brought into federal custody at Castle Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina. What makes this specific issue exceptionally notable and rare is its extensive editorial commentary, which directly documents the intense sectional crisis sparked by President James Buchanan’s decision to deploy the steam frigate USS Niagara to repatriate the survivors to Liberia, capturing firsthand the heated antebellum conflict between Southern pro-slavery nullifiers advocating for domestic enslavement and federal authorities enforcing anti-piracy law on the brink of the American Civil War.