States consider secession from the Union... Frederick Douglass in attendance...
Item # 714029
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NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Dec. 4, 1860 With Lincoln's election determined, much national focus is on the slavery issue and the secession of Southern states.
Most of the front page is taken up with: "THE SECESSION MOVEMENT" "A Letter From Charleston" "Gov. of Mississippi on the Crisis" "Speech of Mr. Guthrie" "Speech of Senator Douglas" "North Carolina Against Secession" "The Truth in South Carolina".
Other items include: "Outrages Upon New Yorkers in Savannah" "What Secession Means" "The Southern Confederacy & Europe" "Are We Going to Fight?" "Fugitive Slave Brought Back" "The Basis of Slavery" "Emigration From the Slave To the Free States" "A Fugitive Slave Claimed at Toronto" "The Charge--Murder".
Also: "The President Elect" and a lengthy article headed: "Freedom of Speech Violated In Boston" "A John Brown Meeting Broken Up" "White Men Fighting With Negroes". This article has at least 2 mentions of Frederick Douglass being in attendance, one bit noting: "...Fred. Douglass, who was on the Platform, called the proceeding of Mr. Fay the coolest thing he had ever known...".
Eight pages, good condition.
Most of the front page is taken up with: "THE SECESSION MOVEMENT" "A Letter From Charleston" "Gov. of Mississippi on the Crisis" "Speech of Mr. Guthrie" "Speech of Senator Douglas" "North Carolina Against Secession" "The Truth in South Carolina".
Other items include: "Outrages Upon New Yorkers in Savannah" "What Secession Means" "The Southern Confederacy & Europe" "Are We Going to Fight?" "Fugitive Slave Brought Back" "The Basis of Slavery" "Emigration From the Slave To the Free States" "A Fugitive Slave Claimed at Toronto" "The Charge--Murder".
Also: "The President Elect" and a lengthy article headed: "Freedom of Speech Violated In Boston" "A John Brown Meeting Broken Up" "White Men Fighting With Negroes". This article has at least 2 mentions of Frederick Douglass being in attendance, one bit noting: "...Fred. Douglass, who was on the Platform, called the proceeding of Mr. Fay the coolest thing he had ever known...".
Eight pages, good condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #369 - released for August, 2026
Category: Pre-Civil War
Price
$55
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.