1865 \"THE HANGING OF SLAVE AMY SPAIN\" - Darlington, SC - Harper\'s Weekly Newspaper

HOW ODD IS IT THAT A BLACK FREED FEMALE WOULD BE HUNG ?

Up for sale is this original September 30, 1865 HARPER\'S WEEKLY Newspaper with a story about the freed Slave AMY SPAIN being hung by the returning UNION Calvary Soldiers under the command of Union General Sherman.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REVEALS:

That AMY SPAIN was among the other freed Slaves of Darlington, South Carolina that she said, \" Bless the Lord the Yankees have returned\".

\" ... The men had, with guilty consciences fled; but on their return, with their traditional chivalry, they seized upon poor AMY, and ignominiously ( definition: causing disgrace or shame ) hung her to a sycamore tree standing in front of the court-house ... \"

This original HARPER\'S WEEKLY measure 11 by 15 1/2 inches and is guaranteed to be 100% genuine or your money back. This 1865 newspaper has other period stories and many wood cut illustrations. 16 pages count the back page. Overall in good condition. No water stains or folded pages.

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