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A copy of the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper, Volume 20, Number 19. The newspaper is printed on off white newsprint with black ink. Printed in large ornate text on the masthead is “National Anti-Slavery Standard.” The volume number, date and whole number are printed below the title. Contact information for the American Anti-Slavery society is printed in the top left corner. The first art

A large-format newsprint publication published by the United States Office of War Information. The cover (a) features a grey-toned image of troops holding flags, with [NEGROES and the WAR] in the upper right. The interior pages (b-jj), feature an essay by Chandler Owen followed by photographic images by Eliot Elisofon with captions. On the inside cover is the text [This book has been prepared to c

Issue Vol. 2 No. 22 of the New York Weekly Messenger. Black type on off-white paper. On interior page at leftmost column is an account by Captain Benjamin Morrell Jr., [CAPT. MORRELL'S VISIT TO A SLAVE SHIP], on his inspection of Brazilian slave ships in the Bay of Benguela. He conveys his horror at the conditions of those enslaved persons held captive on the ship. Account closes with acknowledgem

An edition of the weekly New-York Mirror. Subheadings at top of page read [A Weekly Journal, Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts. Embellished with Fine Engravings, and Musid arranged with accompaniments for the Pianoforte.] Newspaper includes book reviews, opinions ("MARRIAGE," "VANITY OF DRESS"), poetry ("DESTINY.- A DIALOG.," "A BROKEN HEART."), foreign correspondence ("FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF

Issue of Newark Daily Advertiser Vol. 8 No. 176 from January 27th, 1840. On page two, column four, there is a brief update on United States v. Schooner Amistad. At the top of column five is a letter from Rev. John Pinney, of Monrovia, concerning the continued participation of American captains and ships in the illegal slave trade off the coast West Africa. Four unnumbered pages.

Issue of Newark Daily Advertiser Vol. XXVII No. 207 published on September 8, 1858. Black ink on brittle, discolored paper. On second page is an article entitled "The Captured Blacks--Their Distressing Condition" about the arrival of a slave ship at port in Charleston.

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 2, number 16 with an orange, black, and white illustration on the front cover. The illustration depicts a police officer with the head of a pig, standing behind three graves. The graves have headstones with names listed from left to right [ANNiBAL / DAViLA/R. LAVON/MOORE / JULiO / ROLDAN]. In front of the graves is an open fourth grave in the lower right corner.

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 3, number 17. The newspaper is printed in both English and Spanish. One half of the paper reads one way and is all in Spanish, the other reads in the opposite direction and is in all English. One cover side has a photograph of a man in a crowd holding a sign with an image of the Lares flag of 1868 and a man lying on top with arms outstretched, facing upward. Sur

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 3, number 2. The front cover has a black background and large white type in Spanish that reads: [21 de Marzo / manifestacion con el / partido nacionalista / uniendo nuestra / nacion-la rama nueva / en ponce]. The masthead, outlined in black, with black type reads: [PALANTE / 25 / cents / LATIN REVOLUTIONARY NEWS SERVICE / YOUNG LORDS PARTY]. The masthead feature

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 3, number 3 with a blue background and a photograph on the front cover. The photograph features six people, the leaders of the Young Lords Party, including Juan Gonzalez, Juan "Fi" Ortiz, Gloria Gonzalez, Denise Oliver, David Perez, and Pablo "Yoruba" Guzman in front of a Puerto Rican flag. At the top of front is the mast head, outlined in black, with black text

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 3, number 8. The front cover has an orange background with a black and white photograph at its center. The photograph features protestors holding a large banner in the background with hand-painted text in black. The text is in Spanish and reads: [LIBeRTAD PaRa / CaRLOS FeLiCiAnO]. In front of the protestors is a Puerto Rican flag. Above and below the image is bl

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 4, number 24. One half of the paper reads one way and is all in Spanish, the other reads in the opposite direction and is in all English. The middle page, a layout of all different photographs with a Spanish and English caption that reads: [Nixon You Liar, Sign The Ceasefire!]. One of the covers features a photograph of protestors. In the middle of the crowd is