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Printed Materials/Newspapers: Editorial on a Slave Insurrection

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Printed Materials/Newspapers: Editorial on a Slave Insurrection
August 9, 1822, MAINE GAZETTE, Published by Joseph G. Torrey, Bath, ME, Very Fine. Vol. II, No. 88, 18.5" x 12", 4 pages. Lightly toned, with general foxing. Page 2 has a brief editorial about the "discovery of the black insurrection in South Carolina," which inspired fear and anxiety throughout the nation--this was a reference to the revolt led by Nat Turner! Page 3 has an account of pirates off Nantucket, Massachusetts.