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Slave ads & notices... News from the Mormon territory...

Item # 716259
October 02, 1850
THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, Oct. 2, 1850  Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
The front page has most of a column headed: "Important News from Deseret, Now Utah Territory--Indian Fight--The California Emigrants".
Among the many ads is one on the front page headed: "Slaves! Slaves!! Slaves!!!" which notes in part: "The subscribers are prepared to receive, on consignment, for sale in this market, any number of slaves, having one of the best showrooms in the city, & large & comfortable quarters where every attention will be paid to their comfort. Merchants, planters, and families having slaves to dispose of will find it to their interest to place them in our charge..." with a bit more. Also a "$20 Reward" for a runaway mulatto boy, with details.
Pages 2 & 3 contain an additional 4 illustrated "Reward" ads for runaway slaves. 
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the blank spine, nice condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #366 - released for May, 2026