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	"the bark Wildfire... had on board five hundred and ten native Africans, taken on board in the River Congo, on the west side of the continent of Africa."
	Harper's Weekly June 2, 1860, page 344 complete story

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Slave Trade


	Captured Slave Ship, Wildfire June 2, 1860, pages 344 - 346 (Illustration and News Story)

	Execution of Convicted Slave-Trader Nathaniel Gordon March 8, 1862, page 157 (Illustration and News Story)

	Slave Auction in the South July 13, 1861, page 442 (Illustration and News Story)

Punishment of Slaves


	"Gordon Under Medical Inspection" July 4, 1863, page 429 (Illustration)

	"Instrument of Torture Used by Slave-Holders" February 15, 1862, page 108 (Illustration and News Story)

	Humor Column Item March 13, 1858, page 175

Dred Scott v. Sandford


	"The Dred Scott Case" March 28, 1857, page 193 (Editorial)

	"A Black Man's Joke" May 2, 1857, page 278 (News Brief)

	"The Dred Scott Decision" July 23, 1859, page 479 (Advertisement)

John Brown's Raid


	"The Storming of the Engine-house..." November 5, 1859, page 712 (Illustration)

	"The Prisoner Brown and His Boston Counsel..." November 12, 1859, page 721 (Illustration)

	"The Arraignment" November 12, 1859, page 721 (Illustration)

	"A Southern Planter Arming Slaves to Resist Invasion" November 19, 1859, page 737 (Cartoon)

	"North and South" December 17, 1859, page 802 (Editorial)

Other Abolitionists


	"At the South" January 28, 1860, page 64 (Cartoon)

	"Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists..." December 15, 1860, page 788 (Illustration)

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