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Mr. Upham's Speech on the Extension of Slavery: Together with the Ordinance of 1787
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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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Price: $165.00
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Gritos de los Africanos contra los Europeos, sus Opresores, o sea Rapida Ojeada sobre el Comercio Homicida llamdo trafico de Negros
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Barcelona: Imprenta de Jose Torner. 1825. First. First Spanish edition. Translated into French, and then into Spanish by Don Austin de Gimbernat. Octavo. 106pp. Bound in early calf boards, newer marbled endpapers, red morocco spine label, title and spine decorations in gilt. Some repair to the spine ends, a nice, near fine copy. Includes the famous Matthew Carey folding plate, usually known as "Description of a Slave Ship," of slaves packed into the hold of a slave ship. Neat and professional repairs at the folds on the verso. The plate was originally published as a print in 1789 in Plymouth, England, and rapidly thereafter appeared in versions published in Philadelphia, then London. This is the larger version of the plate, showing both cross sections and elevations of the ship. Very scarce: Neither OCLC or COPAC locate a copy, KVK locates two copies in Spain. . more information
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The Life and Adventures of John Levy. Edited by his daughter Miss Rachel Frances Levy
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Lawrence (MA): Printed at the "Journal" Office, Brechin Block. 1877. First. Second edition (the first was 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, OCLC lists five copies of this edition, and six of the 1871 edition. . more information
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Price: $1,500.00
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Massachusetts Abolitionist, Volume I, Numbers 1-52
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Boston: George Russell. 1839-40. First. Very good, bound in worn three quarter leather and marbled boards, some dampstaining and light foxing to leaves, but all pages quite sound and legible. The first fifty-two issues of the Massachusetts Abolitionist. Contains numbers 1-52 of the paper, the first dated February 7, 1839 and the last February 13, 1840. The Massachusetts Abolitionist was published from 1839-41 as the voice of the Massachusetts Abolitionist Society, whose members had split off from the American Anti-Slavery Society due to differences with the policies of William Lloyd Garrison. Its first editor was Elizur Wright Jr., later celebrated as the "father of life insurance" due to his early work with actuarial tables. With the owner inscription of noted abolitionist minister Alanson St. Clair. . more information
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