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- GLC#
- GLC09989
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 30 September 1807
- Author/Creator
- Russell, B., fl. 1807
- Title
- Columbian Centinel [No. 2,452, (September 30, 1807)]
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 4 p. :
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
One issue of Columbian Centinel dated September 30, 1807. Issue includes local, national and international news, as well as many advertisements for goods and services. Some articles of particular interest includes:
Information regarding a treaty with England (p 1)
A comet that is visible at night (p 2)
An article concerning Aaron Burr and his where his trial for treason was to take place (p 2)
Poem "The Games of Life" (p 4)
Runaway slave advertisement with profile portrait of Sancho an enslaved person enslaved by Winthrop Sargent the late governor of Mississippi. The article describes a description of Sancho and notes that he knows the trade of a barber and is an accomplished servant. It also notes that if he returns of his own free will he will be greeted with kindness. (p 4)
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