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Entfesselt der Tiger nicht! = Don't Unchain the Tiger! [in German]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08468 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, New York Type: Broadside Date: 24 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 46 x 30.3 cm. Order a Copy

Signed "Ein Demokratischer Urbeiter," "A Democratic Worker." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime and violence. Printed during the New York City Draft Riots. See GLC08467 for English version.

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