ORIGINAL 1851 GLEASON’S PICTORIAL: FUGITIVE SLAVE SIMMS BOSTON ABOLITIONIST RIOT
USD 575.00 USD
Specifications
| Binding | Disbound |
| Place Of Publication | BOSTON |
| Publisher | Gleason’s Pictorial |
| Topic | BLACK HISTORY |
| Country Of Origin | United States |
| Original/Facsimile | Original |
| Year Printed | 1851 |
The first two issues of Gleason’s, the first large format weekly pictorial newspaper, features extensive coverage of the first trial under the newly enacted Fugitive Slave Law. A mob of abolitionists tried to free Simms from custody resulting in the siege of the Federal courthouse in Boston.

