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The hazards of early setters crossing the Plains...
The hazards of early setters crossing the Plains...
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January 16, 1851
THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., January 16, 1851
* Rare abolitionism publication
An anti-slavery newspaper that is best known for its link to the best selling novel of the 19th century, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This historic work first appeared as a 41-week serial in The National Era, starting on June 5, 1851.
The complete serialization appeared almost entirely in the National Era before the book was published, with an overlap of just ten days.
The back page has a fine article on the trials & tribulations of the early westward migrants in crossing the Plains. Headed: "Suffering Of Emigrants -- Noble Conduct of Captain Waldoe". It is datelined from Sacramento and notes in part: "...I speak briefly of the sufferings of the emigrants who this year crossed the plains...reduced to the greatest extremity for provisions of any kind...were obliged to eat the flesh of cattle that had died of disease...Some took the hide from the bones of carrion...Others killed their dogs...Many were for 3 or 4 days at a time without a mouthful of anything to eat... thousands must have inevitably perished...The Indians were hostile & many emigrants were killed and robbed by them..." and more.Four pages, great to have in never-bound condition just as sold on the streets, subscriber's name penned above the masthead, a few discrete archival mends, good condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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