Newark Daily Advertiser Vol. 8 No. 176

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Issue of Newark Daily Advertiser Vol. 8 No. 176 from January 27th, 1840. On page two, column four, there is a brief update on United States v. Schooner Amistad. At the top of column five is a letter from Rev. John Pinney, of Monrovia, concerning the continued participation of American captains and ships in the illegal slave trade off the coast West Africa. Four unnumbered pages.

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