USM 018. United States General Newspapers

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Newspaper entitled The National Era, issued on Thursday, November 3, 1853, with several pages. Chapter I of a fictional story appears on the front page with the title "The Saxon Serf. A Tale of English Slavery in the Twelfth Century." Another article titled, "Cuban and European Intervention" discusses the Washington Union's opposition to the European intervention with Cuba's affairs.

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Newspaper entitled United States Saturday Post, issued on Saturday May 4, 1844, with several pages. The fictional stories "The Prophecy. Or, the Unknown Friend. A Tale of the American Revolution" (chapters X through XII) and "Edward Forester. Or, Only this Once." (chapters I through VI) can be found on the front page. Another article, "The Texas Question," discusses the updates of the suggested annexation of Texas.

Scope and Contents Newspaper entitled The National Era, dated Thursday, October 27, 1853, with several pages. An article is titled "An Examination of the Mosaic Laws of Servitude" and is broken up into several sections:"Slavery Defined," "Arbitrary and Prejudiced Version of Hebrew Terms of Servitude in the English Bible," "Hired Servants" and "Domestic servants." Another article titled, "The Approaching Elections in New York," describes the struggle for the most votes between the Independent Democrat party and...