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Slave ads & notices in this antebellum Louisiana newspaper... On California joining the Union...
Slave ads & notices in this antebellum Louisiana newspaper... On California joining the Union...
Item # 701054
September 11, 1850
THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, Sept. 11, 1850 Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
The front page has considerable reporting headed: "Execution of Prof. Webster!" Webster was an American professor of chemistry and geology at Harvard Medical College. He was convicted of murder in the Parkman–Webster murder case and hanged.
The front page has an illustrated ad: "$20 Reward" for a runaway mulatto boy. Inside are ads for: "Negro Clothing"; another $20 Reward ad' a $10 reward ad; an article headed: "Admission of California" to the Union, which would happen in 1850.
Also an interesting page 2 ad headed: "Slaves! Slaves!! Slaves!!!" which notes in part: "The subscribers are prepared to receive, on consignment, for sale in this market, any number of slaves, having one of the best showrooms in the city, & large & comfortable quarters where every attention will be paid to their comfort. Merchants, planters, and families having slaves to dispose of will find it to their interest to place them in our charge..." with a bit more.Four pages, archivally rejoined at the spine, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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