11 May 1837
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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1837
Page
1
The Alton Observer announces its Thursday weekly issue and rates for classified notices. Readers are reminded of subscription price and mailing details with guidance on manuscript submission and address formatting for advertisements.
A long list of agents and churches across Illinois and Kansas with names and locations including Pleasant Grove St Charles Auburn and Quincy and numerous Rev. and Esquire titles. The roster mentions Rev James J. Marks in Louisville and other attendees such as J. Davis Jesey Lemuel Foster Win Smith and Rev A Kent among many others.
A first person account tells of Archy and Cassy, enslaved lovers, seized and marched from a Virginia plantation to Washington and then shipped to South Carolina. The tale covers escape attempts, brutal punishments by Colonel Moore, the slave market in Richmond and Norfolk, and a perilous sea voyage marked by mutinous sailors and a wreck before sale.
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