Sept 1848 Emancipator and Free Soil Press (slavery, election, Van Buren)

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Sept. 20, 1848 issue of the Emancipator and Free Soil Press
Sept. 20, 1848 issue (Vol. 13, No. 22) of the Emancipator and Free Soil Press, edited by Curtis C. Nichols, published by Nichols & Co. (Boston), large folio, 4 pages. Formerly the Emancipator, the paper changed its name with this issue to more closely ally itself with the Free Soil Party. It published under this title through the Nov. 8 issue, after which it was retitled the Emancipator & Republican.
Contents include:
Free Soil State Convention. Address to the People of Massachusetts (most of page 1)
Slave Representation
Nominations of the convention (Martin Van Buren, president; Stephen C. Phillips, governor; etc.)
Platform of Free Democracy
Van Buren and His Opponents
Prayer and Slavery
Free Soil meetings in Massachusetts
Speeches at the State Convention: Joshua Leavitt
Speeches at the State Convention: Charles Sumner
Speeches at the State Convention: Henry Johnson, a Colored Man, from New Bedford [Johnson, a fugitive slave from Virginia, was the first African American to be admitted to the bar, although he didn't practice law until later in life]
The paper is in very good condition: Some light wear along the edges and folds, some staining, a previous owner's name in ink at the top of page 1.
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