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Map of Port Royal, South Carolina... Slaver is convicted...
Map of Port Royal, South Carolina... Slaver is convicted...
Item # 695306
November 15, 1861
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 15, 1861 The format of this title at this time was advertisements on the front page with the wealth of Civil War reporting on inside pages.
The back page features a nice Civil War map headed: "PORT ROYAL" and captioned at the bottom of it: "Scene And Plan of The Battle" followed by descriptive text.
Much war reporting inside with column heads including: "THE WAR FOR THE UNION" "Great Fright At Richmond" "The Piketon Victory" "Great Product or Arms at Springfield" "The Arming of Union Men of Color" "The Secretary or War's Opinion".
Page 5 has a short report: "Conviction Of A Slaver - Arrest of a Secessionist", noting in part: "Samuel P. Skinner of New Bedford was convicted in the U.S. Circuit Court to-day of fitting out the Margaret Scott as a slaver."
Eight pages, slightly irregular at the spine from disbinding, never-trimmed margins, good condition.
Category: The Civil War
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