Salem: Tri-Weekly Gazette Office. 1849. First. First edition. 40pp. Light dampstaining to several leaves, else a near fine copy in saddlestitched yellow wrappers. An attractive and nicely printed pamphlet by the abolitionist Upham. . (more information)

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London: Printed and sold by J. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street. 1788. First. Second edition (published the same year as the first). Octavo. 138pp. Bound in later, period-style half-calf and marbled papercovered boards. Gilt lined raised bands, title in gilt. A little foxing to the first and last few leaves, a small, faint stain to two leaves of text, else a handsome, fine copy. An essay on the slave trade dedicated to William Wilberforce. Very scarce. . (more information)

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Lawrence (MA): Printed at the "Journal" Office, Brechin Block. 1877. First. Second edition (the first published in 1871). Octavo. 80pp. Pale violet wrappers. A bit of erosion to the spine, some very faint lightening or staining to the front wrap, still a handsome and sound, very good plus copy. Levy was a descendant of a slave named Quork who escaped from his owner and was captured, beaten and returned to slavery. These events formed the basis for a landmark court case that was upheld in Quork's favor in 1783, and which effectively ended slavery in Massachusetts. John Levy, originally from Boston, was a hairdresser and paid agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, who moved to Lowell in 1830. In 1843 he worked with Maria Chapman and Sarah Clay to found the Lowell Woman's Anti-Slavery Society. In 1844 he was instrumental, along with Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, in promoting a series of 100 anti-slavery conventions in Massachusetts. Very scarce, <i>OCLC</i> lists five copies of this edition, and six of the 1871 edition. . (more information)

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