Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Respite of execution for slaver Nathaniel Gordon]

GLC00182

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GLC#
GLC00182
Type
Documents
Date
February 4, 1862
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
[Respite of execution for slaver Nathaniel Gordon]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 41 cm, Width: 27 cm

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Convicted of engaging in the slave trade, respite granted to allow Gordon to prepare for execution. He was the only slave trader in U.S. history to be executed for that crime and was executed on 21 February 1862 in New York. See story in Harpers Weekly, 8 March 1862, p.150 (ill. p.157).

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