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President Lincoln repeals General Hunter's order (no. 11), which had emancipated slaves...  Two mentions of Robert Smalls...
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President Lincoln repeals General Hunter's order (no. 11), which had emancipated slaves... Two mentions of Robert Smalls...

Item # 712691 ·
 NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 1862 

* General David Hunter's Emancipation order
* Abraham Lincoln rebuffs (nullifies)
* Robert Smalls & companions to be compensated


Page one has: "Gen. Hunter's Order Repudiated by the President" followed by: "He Pronounces it Void and of No Effect" "The Policy of the Administration Reiterated." The pronouncement is signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
This was the controversial situation where Hunter pronounced slaves free in Florida, Georgia & South Carolina, previous to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, making it one of two significant pre-Emancipation Proclamations. Quite historic.
Pages 4 and 8 have mentions of bills being introduced to provide relief for escaped slave Robert Smalls (printed as Robert Small) after he piloted 15 other slaves sailed to freedom by "appropriating" the Confederate USS Planter which had been anchored in Charleston Harbor.
Eight pages, even toning, very nice condition.

Note: President Lincoln did not rescind the order because he was against emancipating the slaves. At the time, he simply believed the process should be a gradual one. He was also incensed that Gen. Hunter would make such an order without having first sought his approval.
Category: Yankee
Price
$375
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.