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The Commemorative Wreath: in Celebration of the Extinction of Negro Slavery in the British Dominions

The Commemorative Wreath: in Celebration of the Extinction of Negro Slavery in the British Dominions

London: Edmund Fry, 1835. Hardcover. frontis, viii, 112p. Original brown cloth. 18cm. Lacks backstrip, front and back covers detached. Foxing on frontis. Contents have minor edge-wear, including a few chips and creases. A selection of poetry about the evils of slavery and celebrating its abolition in most of the British... More about The Commemorative Wreath: in Celebration of the Extinction of Negro Slavery in the British Dominions

Price: $125.00

Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the Formation of said...

Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the Formation of said Society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833

New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 142 Nassau Street, n.d. [1848-1855?]. 4p. Softcover leaflet. 23cm. Chipped and ragged along top edge. A couple of other modest closed tears. Printed in corners at top of first page: [Penny Tracts.] [Number 1]. More about Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the Formation of said...

Price: $50.00

The Emancipator and Weekly Chronicle, Vol. X, No. 31 (November 26, 1845

The Emancipator and Weekly Chronicle, Vol. X, No. 31 (November 26, 1845)

Boston: Hiram Cummings, 1845. (4)p. Newspaper. Published weekly. 49cm. x 66cm. Folded three times. Some wear at edges. Light foxing. Inked signature ("J. G. Birney Esq") in upper left margin. An abolitionist weekly published in Boston. Birney opposed slavery. He tried to publish an abolitionist newspaper in Cincinnati and worked... More about The Emancipator and Weekly Chronicle, Vol. X, No. 31 (November 26, 1845

Price: $150.00

Inconsistency and Hypocrisy of Martin Van Buren on the Question of Slavery

Inconsistency and Hypocrisy of Martin Van Buren on the Question of Slavery.

n.p. n.d. [1848]. 1st ed. Paperback. 16p. Tied wrapper. 23cm. Stain in upper right corner. Dog-earing and modest wrinkling. Back page heavily browned; others pages much less browned. Van Buren's temporary emergence as a committed anti-slavery advocate in 1848 garnered about 10% of the national vote but he soon returned... More about Inconsistency and Hypocrisy of Martin Van Buren on the Question of Slavery

Price: $85.00

An Inquiry into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the United States and the...

An Inquiry into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the United States and the Means of Bettering Its Fortunes. By an American

Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839. 1st ed. Hardcover. 214p. Original cloth. 19cm. Modest corner crease. Significant foxing, especially on some pages including the title-leaf. The anonymous author of this book favored colonization in Africa. More about An Inquiry into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the United States and the...

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Monthly Offering: To the Contributors and Collectors of the Weekly Contribution Plan. Vol. II,...

Monthly Offering: To the Contributors and Collectors of the Weekly Contribution Plan. Vol. II, Nos. VII & VIII (July, August, 1842).

Boston: Published at 25 Cornhill [by John A. Collins], 1842. Paperback. pp. 98 - 128p. Original yellow wrapper. 19cm. Modest cover wear. Pages slightly browned. Short-lived abolitionist periodical. Collins, the editor/publisher, had served as general agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and had been involved in persuading Frederick Douglass to... More about Monthly Offering: To the Contributors and Collectors of the Weekly Contribution Plan. Vol. II,...

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A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture A Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty...

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture A Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Related by Himself. [cover title]

New London: New London County Historical Society, Inc., n.d. Reprint. Paperback. (24)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Late 20th century reprint of an earlier edition of this uncommon slave narrative. More about A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture A Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty...

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National Intelligencer, Vol. XLII, No. 6002 (March 25, 1841

National Intelligencer, Vol. XLII, No. 6002 (March 25, 1841)

1841. Paperback. 4p. Horizontal fold. 47 x 59cm. Discreet evidence of being disbound (removed from a bound volume). Former owner's name in top margin. Two runaway slave advertisements in lower right corner of third page -- one for a 23 year old woman named Camilla Dent who left her infant... More about National Intelligencer, Vol. XLII, No. 6002 (March 25, 1841

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New States, or, A Comparison of the Wealth, Strength, and Population of the Northern and Southern...

New States, or, A Comparison of the Wealth, Strength, and Population of the Northern and Southern States, as also of Their Respective Powers in Congress: with a View to Expose the Injustice of Erecting New States at the South. [cover title]

Boston: J. Belcher, Printer, 1813. 1st ed. Paperback. 36p. No separate wrapper present. 21cm. Former owner's name. Moderate foxing and browning. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Generally attributed to Sidney E. Morse, 1794-1871, the brother of Samuel F. Morse, although that would mean that the author was less than... More about New States, or, A Comparison of the Wealth, Strength, and Population of the Northern and Southern...

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The Progress of Colonial Reform; Being a Brief View of the Real Advance Made Since May 15th,...

The Progress of Colonial Reform; Being a Brief View of the Real Advance Made Since May 15th, 1823, in Carrying into Effect the Recommendations of His Majesty, the Unanimous Resolutions of Parliament, and the Universal Prayer of the Nation, with Respect to Negro Slavery. [cover title]

London: Printed for The Anti-Slavery Society; and Sold by Hatchard and Son; and J. and A. Arch, 1826. Paperback. 49p. Softcover pamphlet. Stitched. No separate wrapper. 23cm. Partially unopened. "Drawn from the Papers printed for the House of Commons, prior to the 10th of April, 1826." [printed statement on title-page]. More about The Progress of Colonial Reform; Being a Brief View of the Real Advance Made Since May 15th,...

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Slave for Sale: Persuant to an Interlocutory Decree of the Circuit Court of Henry County...

Slave for Sale: Persuant to an Interlocutory Decree of the Circuit Court of Henry County [Tennessee] Made in the Cause in Said Court of Thomas P. Jernigan & wife et al Ex parte, I will offer for Sale at the Court House door in the Town of Paris on Monday the 6th day of July 1846 to the highest bidder for ready money one negro boy Slave named Ralph about 14 years of age June the 12th 1846 B. L. Brown Commr.

1846. Autograph broadside notice. 8.5 x 19cm. 7 vertical creases where at some time folded quite small. Tiny tears in the four corners (where tacked). Minor foxing. Some notes on the back in pencil and ink in what appears to be the same handwriting. One states: "Ralph sold to Tho... More about Slave for Sale: Persuant to an Interlocutory Decree of the Circuit Court of Henry County...

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Substance of the Debate in the House of Commons, on the 15th May, 1823, on a Motion for the...

Substance of the Debate in the House of Commons, on the 15th May, 1823, on a Motion for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions. With a Preface and Appendixes, Containing Facts and Reasonings Illustrative of Colonial Bondage

New York: Negro Universities Press, (1969). Hardcover. xxxix, 248p. 22cm. No jacket. Reprint of the 1823 edition. More about Substance of the Debate in the House of Commons, on the 15th May, 1823, on a Motion for the...

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West Africa. Correspondence Respecting the Trial of Certain Persons at Sierra Leone for the...

West Africa. Correspondence Respecting the Trial of Certain Persons at Sierra Leone for the Murder of a Slave Girl at Onitsha on the River Niger

London: HMSO (Printed by George E. B. Eyre and William Spottiswoode), 1882. Paperback. 52p. No separate wrapper present. 34cm. Modest chipping and wear. Browning around edges. Later stitching. 1878 death of a slave girl in Onitsha (Nigeria) after W. F. John, her master, beat and had her beaten and then... More about West Africa. Correspondence Respecting the Trial of Certain Persons at Sierra Leone for the...

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A South-Side View of Slavery; or, Three Months at the South, in 1854. Nehemiah Adams

A South-Side View of Slavery; or, Three Months at the South, in 1854.

Adams, Nehemiah

Boston: T. R. Marvin and B. B. Mussey & Co., 1854. Hardcover. 214p. Original blind stamped brown cloth. 18cm. Lacks front free endpaper and the following blank leaf. Ends of backstrip rubbed. Stain on lower right corner of final (blank) leaf. Adams, a Congregational minister in Boston, defended slavery and... More about A South-Side View of Slavery; or, Three Months at the South, in 1854

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Abner Beckwith covenants to "Liberate, Manumit and Set Free" a male slave named Dick Eight Years...

Abner Beckwith covenants to "Liberate, Manumit and Set Free" a male slave named Dick Eight Years from Dec 15, 1814.

[Agreement to Manumit]

1814. Paperback. Holograph broadside document. 25cm. Some staining and fading but still readable. No location given. Reference is made to a separate document of the same date by which Beckwith purchased Dick from Charles Shaw and Robert McDonnell. Beckwith promises that until Dick is set free, Beckwith will provide for... More about Abner Beckwith covenants to "Liberate, Manumit and Set Free" a male slave named Dick...

Price: $300.00

Resistance to Slavery every Man's Duty. Report on American Slavery, Read to the Worchester...

Resistance to Slavery every Man's Duty. Report on American Slavery, Read to the Worchester Central Association, March 2, 1847.

Allen, George

Boston: Wm. Crosby & H.P. Nichols, 1847. Paperback. 40p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Some cover soil. Short tear at top of front cover. More about Resistance to Slavery every Man's Duty. Report on American Slavery, Read to the Worchester...

Price: $225.00

Mr. Allen's Speech on Ministers Leaving a Moral Kingdom to Bear Testimony Against Sin; Liberty in...

Mr. Allen's Speech on Ministers Leaving a Moral Kingdom to Bear Testimony Against Sin; Liberty in Danger, from the Publication of Its Principles; the Constitution a Shield for Slavery; and the Union Better than Freedom and Righteousness

Allen, George, 1792-1883

Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838. Paperback. 46p. Original green wrapper. 23cm. Minor foxing. Light vertical crease. INSCRIBED by Allen (as "Geo. Allen") on title-page. Cover title: Mr. Allen's Speech Before the Convention of Ministers of Worcester County, Mass. More about Mr. Allen's Speech on Ministers Leaving a Moral Kingdom to Bear Testimony Against Sin; Liberty in...

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First, Second, Third and Fifth] Annual Report[s] of the American Anti-Slavery Society. American...

[First, Second, Third and Fifth] Annual Report[s] of the American Anti-Slavery Society

American Anti-Slavery Society

New York: [American Anti-Slavery Society], 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1838. 1st eds. Paperback. 64, 87, 97, and 152p. The first 3 reports are disbound (removed from a bound volume) and the 1835 and 1836 report lacks their original wrappers. The 1838 report has its original yellow wrapper. 21-22cm. All 4 reports have some general soiling and wear. More about First, Second, Third and Fifth] Annual Report[s] of the American Anti-Slavery Society

Price: $475.00

Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at Its Thuird Decade. Held in the City of...

Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at Its Thuird Decade. Held in the City of philadelphia, Dec. 3d and 4th, 1864 [really 1863]. Phonographic Report by Henry M. Parkhurst.

American Anti-Slavery Society

New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1864. 1st ed. Paperback. 1175p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Backstrip chipped and at least partially detached. Ex lib. ("Brookline Public Library" stamp on front cover). Contents sound. This volume contains, as an Appendix at pages 157-176, a "Catalogue of Anti-Slavery Publications in America" compiled... More about Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at Its Thuird Decade. Held in the City of...

Price: $200.00

Report of the Committee on Anti-Slavery Memorials, September, 1845 with a Historical Statement of...

Report of the Committee on Anti-Slavery Memorials, September, 1845 with a Historical Statement of Previous Proceedings

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1845. Paperback. 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Cover splitting at base of narrow backstrip. The committee concluded that slave-holding Choctaws and Cherokees should be admitted to churches which were under the care of A.B.C.F.M. missionaries. More about Report of the Committee on Anti-Slavery Memorials, September, 1845 with a Historical Statement of...

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African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. XII, No. 11(November, 1836). American Colonization...

African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. XII, No. 11(November, 1836)

American Colonization Society

Washington: 1836. Paperback. [330]-360p. Wrapper. 23cm. Moderate browning and wear on wrapper. Foxing. Name on front. Published monthly. Organization set up to encourage African Americans to emigrate to Liberia. More about African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. XII, No. 11(November, 1836

Price: $25.00

African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. IX, No. 5 (July, 1833). American Colonization Society

African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. IX, No. 5 (July, 1833)

American Colonization Society

Washington: 1833. Paperback. [130]-160p. Wrapper. 23cm. Moderate browning and wear on wrapper. Foxing. Name on front. Published monthly. More about African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. IX, No. 5 (July, 1833

Price: $25.00

African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 7 (September, 1832). American...

African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 7 (September, 1832)

American Colonization Society

Washington: 1832. Paperback. [194]-224p. Wrappers. 23cm. Moderate browning and wear on wrapper. Foxing. Name on front. Published monthly. More about African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 7 (September, 1832

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Invitation to] Anti-Slavery Conference. Anti-Slavery Conference, 1867 : Paris

[Invitation to] Anti-Slavery Conference

Anti-Slavery Conference (1867 : Paris)

n.p. January, 1867. Four-page leaflet ( 2nd and 4th pages blank). Later folds, probably for mailing. Minor splitting at end of one fold. Accompanied by a modest-sized (14 x 22 cm.) 2-page holograph letter dated 17th January 1867 and written by L. A. Chamerovzow, Secretary of the Sub-Committee of the... More about Invitation to] Anti-Slavery Conference

Price: $500.00

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion. Herbert Aptheker

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

Aptheker, Herbert

New York: Published for American Institute of Marxist Studies by Humanities Press, (c. 1966). 1st ed. Hardcover. iv, 152p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. Jacket browned. INSCRIBED by Aptheker (as "Herbert"). The appendix reprints "The Confessions of Nat Turner" as written by Thomas Gray who interviewed Turner prior to his execution. More about Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

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