The New York Tribune New York Daily Tribune [ Vol. 21, no. 6,504 (February 7, 1862)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09771 Author/Creator: The New York Tribune Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 7 February 1862 Pagination: 8 p. : 52.8 x 39.1 cm. Order a Copy
One issue of New York Daily Tribune newspaper dated February 7, 1862. Contains news on Civil War battles and current events. Of particular note is an article on the fourth page stating, "The President in respiting the slaver Gordon for two weeks, notified him that the grace is extended only that he may have time to prepare himself for the fate which his crimes have merited, and that no further mercy is to be hoped for."
Nathaniel Gordon was the only slave trader in the U.S. to be tried, convicted, and executed "for being engaged in the Slave Trade," under the Piracy Law of 1820. On August 7, 1860, he loaded 897 enslaved people aboard his ship, Erie, at Sharks Point, Congo River, West Africa. The Erie was captured by the USS Mohican 50 miles from port on August 8, 1860. The captives were taken to Liberia, the American colony established in West Africa by the American Colonization Society for the settlement of free enslaved people from the United States.
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