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Captured slave ship... Mormons abandoning Utah... Bleeding Kansas...
Captured slave ship... Mormons abandoning Utah... Bleeding Kansas...
Item # 700532
July 10, 1857
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 10, 1857 Page 3 has 1 1/2 columns taken up with: "Gov. Walker & the South" which reports on the latest from "Bleeding Kansas".
Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 56 people were killed between 1855 and 1859.
Also on page 2 is: "The Captured Slaver" which concerns the slave ship Panchita, with nice content. And also a brief item: "Arrival of Mormons" noting that 60 Mormons arrived at Omaha: "...who made their escape from Salt Lake City... report that many persons were dissatisfied with their position there & would abandon the place so soon as the presence of U.S. troops gave them an opportunity."
Four pages, large folio size, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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