Author: Various authors
Title: The Independent. May 18, 1876
Description: New York, Henry C. Bowen, Publisher, 1876. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid journal. Disbound from a larger work. 32 pp. The Independent was a long running newspaper that promoted Congregationalism and advocated for abolition and women's suffrage, among other social issues. This issue contains a look at the judicial or legal contrasts between freedom and slavery in the US, especially as defined in the Constitution; a short blurb about letters written from Arkansas and Mississippi, recounting voter intimidation and suppression by Democrats. According to the letters, African-Americans were targeted in a variety of ways, including the murder of prominent African-American citizens. News on US politics, religion and other subjects included as well. GOOD condition. Binding holes along left edge. General toning, minor soiling and foxing to the paper. Two inch tear in the center fore edge margin of the first several pages. Paper slightly brittle. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Americana


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