File:Break-in at the Charleston S.C. Post Office, 1835.jpg

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Break-in at the Charleston S.C. Post Office, 1835

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English: The w:American Anti-Slavery Society in 1835 mailed a large quantity of abolitionist publications to individuals in the South. Mail with these publications was taken from the Charleston S.C. Post Office and publicly burned. Notice reward poster for [Arthur] Tappan. The men taking the bags labelled U.S. Mail from the Post Office are workingmen, but those standing around the bonfire are well dressed.
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