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1 January 1863
Chronicle-extra.
News-sheet printing the Emancipation Proclamation with news from New Orleans, New York and Louisville. Heading states, "Slavery Forever ABOLISHED in the United States of America!!"
GLC00902
12 October 1864
Lockhart, H. C. (fl. 1864)
[Instructions for enrolling and impressing slaves]
Circular issued by Lieutenant Colonel Lockhart, Commandant for Alabama. These orders are intended for County Enrolling Officers and Impressing Agents. Instructions are provided regarding the impressment of slaves. "Assistants... will listen with...
GLC06158.11
circa 1861
Epitaph on the United States Of America.
Confederate Broadside published by Evans & Cogswell commenting on the Union, Freedom , Equality, etc., and listing nearly every argument for Secession. "Here lie the mutilated and disjointed remains of the noblest form of Government." A main target...
GLC08297
1862/12/17
A Desirable Farm containing 975 Acres and Six Negroes for Sale... [slaves]
Sale for this date for the estate of Alexander and Martha T. Fraser, 30 miles from Petersburg. "Any one having a large number of negroes, which they desire to place beyond the reach of the enemy, would do well to purchase this plantation." Loss at...
GLC07212
May 1965
Sleet, Moneta Jr. (1926-1996)
50,000 March on Montgomery
One cover of Ebony magazine entitled, "50,000 March on Montgomery," dated May 1965. Image displays marchers of the 1965 March on Montgomery. Notable figures featured are Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy, and...
GLC09779.11
4 August 1863
Greer, Elkanah Brackin (1825-1877)
[General order no. 6 exempting certain persons from military service]
Orders are issued by Confederate General Greer from Headquarters, Bureau of Conscription, Trans-Mississippi Department. Exempts one person per plantation (an owner, agent, or overseer) if the plantation has at least twenty slaves. Contains several...
GLC05987.40
31 January 1861
Hicks, Thomas Holliday (1798-1865)
To the People of Maryland
Mildly pro-Confederate broadside issued by Hicks as governor of Maryland during the secession crisis, before the border states had seceded. Concerns the impending crisis and what side Maryland should take in it, but firmly associates Maryland's...
GLC03427
4 March 1861
Chicago Tribune (fl. 1861)
Chicago Tribune Extra. Inaugural message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
Printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address in three columns. This was printed the day of Lincoln's inauguration. Lincoln proclaims his determination to preserve the Union. In an attempt to assuage the South, he says he will not interfere with the...
GLC02316
1861
Unknown
[Dixie printed on back of a sheet checks]
A new version of Dixie printed on the back of a sheet of checks from the Bank of Virginia. Contains 9 stanzas. Some very virulent anti-Lincoln lines, including "Old Abe is good at stealing niggers." Note on upper right in pencil says "Printed at...
GLC05987.27
circa 1863
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].
Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.
GLC08217
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