Slave-Trader Hanged!
February 21
*On this date in 1862, Nathaniel Gordon was hanged for slave trading. He is the only person in American history executed for slave-trading. Gordon captained the slave ship Erie.
I also discovered that President Lincoln refused to commute Gordon's death sentence for slave trading. I never knew that someone was actually hanged for slave trading.
Did you? http://www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=25...
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/do...
*On this date in 1862, Nathaniel Gordon was hanged for slave trading. He is the only person in American history executed for slave-trading. Gordon captained the slave ship Erie.
I also discovered that President Lincoln refused to commute Gordon's death sentence for slave trading. I never knew that someone was actually hanged for slave trading.
Did you? http://www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=25...
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/do...
I agree with Irma too! Thanks for this sharing knowlege of history I didn't know this fact, now I do.