The Civil War in Black and White A collection of historic front
pages shows how civilians experienced and read about the war -
By Jeanne Maglaty - Smithsonian.com, January 10, 2012 Even
foreign publications of the time were partisan in their war
coverage. In November 1861, the British Workman, a monthly,
published an engraving of a slave auction peopled with animated
bidders and frightened slaves. In the top corner is written
“Registered for Transmission Aboard” indicating the periodical
was intended for American eyes.