(CIVIL WAR) Issue of the Liberator reporting on the fall of

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(CIVIL WAR.) Issue of the Liberator reporting on the fall of Fort Sumter and the start of the Civil War. 4 pages, 25 x 18 inches, on one folding sheet; unbound, minimal wear and soiling. Boston, 19 April 1861

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The leading abolitionist newspaper announces the start of the war which would end slavery. The page 3 headline reads: "Civil War Begun! Fort Sumter Captured. The Federal Capital in Danger. Thousands of Troops Mustering. The North United at Last." The reports from Charleston are followed by Lincoln's 15 April proclamation calling forth "the militia of the several States of the Union." Several editorial pieces denounce the secessionists.