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Death on the Plains... Slavery...
Death on the Plains... Slavery...
Item # 692298
December 07, 1850
THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (Greensboro), North Carolina, Dec. 7, 1850
* Rare Antebellum publication
Rarely are we able to secure antebellum newspapers from this city.
Among the articles: "Mississippi" which begins: "Gov. Quitman's message to the legislature of Mississippi is strongly in favor of secession and disunion..."; "Free Negroes at the South" "The Fugitive Slaves in Boston" "Deaths on the Prairies" its numbers of those who died in their trek across the Plains, including: "...963 graves...that at least 5,000 persons perished on the plains last season...counted 1661 dead mules, 4960 dead horses, and 3750 dead oxen and cows..." with more.
Also runaway ads headed: "Five Cents Reward" and: "$75 Reward" with details.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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