Charles Dickens... Slave ship captured...

Item # 615503

May 22, 1841

THE NEW WORLD, New York, May 22, 1841

* Charles Dickens
* African slave trade

Primarily a literary newspaper with several pages containing a chapter of "Barnaby Rudge, by Charles Dickens". The back page has a brief article: "Slavers Captured" which mentions: "...with upwards of one thousand slaves on board..." (see).
Sixteen pages, 10 by 14 1/2 inches, nice condition.