Handwritten, 1-page account of the sale of an “infant negro”, mounted into a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and handwritten entries dealing primarily with the issue of slavery, dated to approximately 1817-1848.
A satirical cartoon regarding the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This group scene playing out in front of the Temple of Liberty pits Northern abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison against Secretary of State Daniel Webster, who supported the act. Other…