The National Era

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The National Era was a 19th-century American abolitionist newspaper best known as the original serial publisher of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist newspaper
newspaper
periodical
associatedWith American abolitionist movement
Gamaliel Bailey
Harriet Beecher Stowe
circulationEra pre–American Civil War period
city Washington, D.C.
country United States
dissolved 1860
distributionArea United States
editor Gamaliel Bailey
endTime 1860
firstPublicationOf "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (serial form)
focus anti-slavery advocacy
reform politics
foundedAs abolitionist organ
foundedBy Gamaliel Bailey
genre anti-slavery press
hasFormat editorials
news articles
serial fiction
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historicalPeriod 19th century
ideology abolitionism
inception 1847
language English
location Washington, D.C.
medium print
notableContributor Harriet Beecher Stowe
notableFor original serial publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
politicalAlignment abolitionist movement
publicationFrequency weekly
publicationType newspaper
publishedAuthor Harriet Beecher Stowe
publishedWork "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
publisherRole platform for abolitionist writers
region Washington, D.C.
startTime 1847
subject abolition of slavery
politics
slavery in the United States

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Uncle Tom's Cabin
firstPublicationMedium

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