The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy, Vol. 1, No. 29, June 25, 1793, page 1

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IdentifierCH_CA_2024_AAS_016_009
CategoryInstitutional Collections
Description Features a letter from Port Peter about the British, a place called Three Rivers, and how 200 armed African Americans took it over and killed plantation-owning patriots. The African Americans are described as "African born and very cruel."

The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy is the only known newspaper published in the 1700s on the upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. Just 61 issues survive, all dated between March and December 1793.
The pages of The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy offer a fascinating glimpse into the community’s open divisions over slavery during the era of the Early Republic. Advertisements offering rewards for the recapture of escapees from enslavement are printed literally side-by-side with announcements of upcoming meetings of the Chestertown Abolition Society. 
  Date CreatedJune 29 1793

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LanguageEnglish
Original Object Formatnewsprint