Raynors HCA 2018-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/15/2018
Confederate Newspaper, a complete and aurthentic issue of West Tennessee Whig, Jackson Tennessee, April 4, 1862, 1” old tape stain at edge, else near fine. This publication was suspended in June of 1862. From the last page is the extraordinary printing of “Speech of a Patriotic Negro,” in part, “I spose you wants me to spaciate bout de casion ub dis gatherin, and our poor sick sogiers way back in Kentucky, ole Virginny, Norf Calina, and de rest eb de forrin countries ... when you cums to die aint de funeral formed by de good ole massa hisself? But de poor sick soger way back in de forrin lands hab nobody to tend to him ... We must dribe the bobolitionists from ole Kentuck, dat forrin land whar dis nigger was born, an ole Virginny, whar dis nigger’s fader and mudder was fotched up. I wish I was dar, I does. I’d git one bobolitionist shure and may be so two, three, four ob em....” of course there is war and political news throughout. ... Lincoln Congresses passes a law forbidding the return of Fugitive slaves ...Great Victory in the West ...Skirmishing in Virginia ... and more.
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