National Era (abolitionist newspaper)

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The National Era was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist newspaper best known for serializing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" and powerfully advocating against slavery.

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instanceOf abolitionist newspaper
newspaper
periodical
associatedWith Harriet Beecher Stowe
basedIn Washington, D.C.
circulationArea Northern United States
cityOfPublication Washington, D.C.
country United States
dissolved 1860
editor Gamaliel Bailey
editorialStance strongly antislavery
endTime 1860
firstPublicationOf "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" (as a serial)
linked to: Uncle Tom's Cabin
foundedBy Gamaliel Bailey
genre political newspaper
reform press
hasAudience abolitionist readers
antislavery activists
hasPart weekly issues
hasRoleIn popularizing "Uncle Tom’s Cabin"
shaping public opinion against slavery in the United States
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States
linked to: Antebellum period
ideology abolitionism
inception 1847
language English
locatedInTime 19th century
location Washington, D.C.
mainSubject abolitionist activism
antislavery politics
slavery in the United States
mediaType print
notableFor advocacy against slavery
serializing "Uncle Tom’s Cabin"
opposed Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
institution of slavery
politicalAlignment abolitionist movement
publicationFormat broadsheet
publicationFrequency weekly
publisherOf "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" (serial form)
linked to: Uncle Tom's Cabin
serialPublicationOf "Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly"
linked to: Uncle Tom's Cabin
startTime 1847
supported abolitionist reformers
antislavery political parties
workFeatured antislavery essays
political commentary on slavery
writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Gamaliel Bailey notableWork National Era (abolitionist newspaper)