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Judge Tawney and Rev. Jacob Gruber Newspaper
Capture of an American Slaver Newspaper
Bill of Sale for Negro Slave Newspaper
New York Times, “A New Kink in the Southern Mind,” May 7, 1857 Newspaper
Interesting from Kansas Newspaper
An Arrival from Liberia Newspaper
Abraham Lincoln to Charles D. Gilfillan, May 9, 1857 Letter
Charles Francis Himes to Helen Himes, May 10, 1857 Letter
Charles Francis Himes to Helen Himes, May 10, 1857 Letter
Southern Organization Newspaper
New York Times, “Sensible Southern Sentiments,” May 11, 1857 Newspaper
Southern Organization Newspaper
Acting-Governor Station and the Free-State Party of Kansas-An Important Statement Newspaper
The Past and the Present Newspaper
New York Times, “Horrible Outrage,” May 13, 1857 Newspaper
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "England and America," May 14, 1857 Newspaper
Washington (DC) National Era, “Kansas Given Over By The South,” May 14, 1857 Newspaper
New York Times, “A Suspected Slaver Captured,” May 15, 1857 Newspaper
Diary Entry by Edmund Ruffin, May 16, 1857 Diary
The Diary of Horatio Collins King, May 19, 1857 Diary