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A racist newspaper on the trial of the Lincoln conspirators...
A racist newspaper on the trial of the Lincoln conspirators...
Item # 716347
June 17, 1865
NEW YORK WEEKLY DAY-BOOK CAUCASIAN, June 17, 1865 A decidedly racist newspaper which began well before the Civil War & lasted a few years after. As such their reporting on war events provide a contrasting perspective beyond most other Northern newspapers.
Among the reports: "The Assassination Trial" "The Military Court in Washington" "Continuation of the Proceedings" "Plantation Labor--The Negroes Idling--Crops Suffering" "Negro Enlistments in Kentucky--Farmers Left Without any Help--Outrages" "What Of the Future?" "The Brutality to Jefferson Davis--An Administration Semi-Official Account"
Eight pages, very nice condition.
Category: Yankee
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