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Capture of a slave ship from New Orleans...
Capture of a slave ship from New Orleans...
Item # 700516
July 28, 1857
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1857
* Pre CivilWar slavery
* African slave trade
* Capture of a slaver ship
Page 3 has an article: "Capture Of A New Orleans Slaver" with a dateline from Sierra Leone. The account details the capture of the slave ship Adams Gray from New Orleans by the British ship Prometheus, noting in part:"...it appears she was not able to purchase her cargo of slaves from some cause or other...the finest prize that has ever been taken into Sierra Leone, being a beautiful model with all new sails and valuable stores."
Four pages, large folio size, slightly irregular at the spine from disbinding, good condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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