Birthdays
William Wells Brown
Turns 44 on this date
Gordon Granger
Turns 36 on this date
John Wilkinson
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Personal | Samuel Eli Cornish, pioneer black journalist and abolitionist, dies in Brooklyn | 11/06/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, “Desperate Conflict with a Runaway Negro,” November 6, 1858 | 11/06/1858 |