[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 12 pre-Civil War newspapers with advertisements for for self-emancipated freedom seekers, comprising:
Porcupine's Gazette. Vol. 1, No. 99. Philadelphia: William Cobbett, 27 June 1787. 13 1/8 x 19 1/2 in. 4pp. For a "Negro Man, named Sam, about 26 or 27 years of age" from Greens Borough. -- General Advertiser. No. 2204. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin Bache, 20 January 1798. 13 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. 4pp. Three advertisements for self-emancipated freedom seekers: "Charles, (he sometimes gave himself the sirname [sic] of Grey), about twenty years of age"; "a Negro Man, by the name of Reuben"; and "Ben; about 27 years of age." -- Charleston Courier. Vol. I, No. 5. Charleston, SC: A.S. Willington for Loring Andrews, 14 January 1803. 12 x 19 5/8 in. 4 pp. Ad on page [3]: "Ranaway from on board the Schooner  Garland, a Neggro Man, named John Williams." Also with a notice for sale of "Three Field Negroes" -- The Enquirer.  Vol. 4, No. 92. Richmond, [VA], 23 February 1808. 13 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. 4pp. A $100 reward for "a black man named Jackson, a house carpenter by profession." -- The Globe. Vol. IX, No. 44. Washington DC: Blair & Rives, 5 August 1839. 18 3/8 x 23 1/2 in. 4pp. A $400 reward for "a negro man named London; form as he is commonly called, Lun; and a mulatto boy named Kearsley."  [With:] Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser. 3 issues (incomplete run). Baltimore, MD, 1798. 3 issues numbering: Vol. IX, Nos. 1486, 17 August 1798, for "a negro woman, named Chloe"; 1498, 31 August 1798 with 5 ads: "negro Hannah, with a young male child, about 14 months old";   "my negro servant Nat; aged about twenty years"; "a negro man named T^om; calls himself Tom Chase"; "from Dorsey's forge, near the city of Baltimore...two negro men, viz. Ben, who calls himself Ben Jones...Tom, who calls himself Tom Hall."; "a negro man, about twenty years of age; goes by the name Ebon or Abraham."; and 1502, September 1798, with repeats of the ads for Ben and Tom and "Ebon or Abraham". 12 5/8 x 19 1/2 in. Blue paper 4 pp.  [With:] The Daily Union. 2 issues (incomplete run). Washington D.C.: Thomas Ritchie & Edmund Burke,1849. 2 issues numbering: Vol. V No. 43, 19 June 1849, $150 reward for "a boy named Aaron" with thick mourning borders reporting the death of President James K. Polk; No. 141, 13 October 1849, the same advertisement repeated. 18 x 23 in. 6 and 4 pp.  [With:] Daily National Intelligencer. Vol. XXXII, No. 9887. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 26 October 1844. 18 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. With an advertisement offering a $700 reward for 8 enslaved people: "Lewis, who calls himself Lewis Brawner...Daniel calls himself Daniel Paine...Charles calls himself Charles Mastin...Henry calls himself Henry Chapman...Also, Grandison, about 13 years of age...One other negro fellow, Vincent...one other boy, William...one other, Joe" all from "the estate of the late Mr. George Dement, of Charles county, Maryland."  [Also with:] National Intelligencer. Vol. XXXIV, No. 4927. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 27 June 1833. With 4 ads: "negro man William"; "negro Hanson"; "negro girl Nancy"; "a dark Mulatto Negro Boy, by the name of William Butler". Page 3 with an article by Daniel Webster "Slavery in the United States" which he writes in part: "In my opinion the domestic slavery of the Southern States is a subject within the exclusive control of the States themselves...Congress has no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves or in the treatment of them in any of the States..."  Condition varies, typical toning, wear to edges, occasional short marginal tear or chips.

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