Address, An, to the people of the free states.
Confederate States of America. President. **Hgoa.554
An address to the people of the free states, by the President of the
Southern Confederacy. Richmond, January 5, 1863.
Broadside. [Richmond.] Richmond Enquirer Print. [1863.] Size, 1174 X 9 inches.
Signed: Jefferson Davis.
Proclaims that “On and after February 22, 1863, all free Negroes within the limits of the Southern Confederacy shall be placed on the slave status.” Issued in retaliation for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
Bound with paper covers issued with the imprint of the bookseller, George D. Smith ... New York.
This card was printed at the Boston’ Public Library, April 28, tyi6.
K8070 — T.r. — Broadsides. — Emancipation Proclamation. — United States.
Slavery.