Lectures of George Thompson, With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick, the Pro-Slavery Agent Held at the Royal Ampitheatre... Also, A Brief History of His Connection With the Anti-Slavery Cause in England by GARRISON, Wm. Lloyd - 1836

Boston: Published by Isaac Knapp, 1836. xxxvi, [37]-190pp. First Edition. 12mo. Publisher's original dark blue, ribbon embossed cloth, upper cover deeply stamped with gilt lettering. Spine sunned; some rubbing at head and tail; heavy foxing; else very good. Collected anti-slavery lectures of British abolitionist George D. Thompson (1804-1878) and with an historical introduction to his career by American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879). Garrison met Thompson in 1833 when he visited England on his own anti-slavery mission. Life long colleagues, each man named a child after the other. Of Thompson, ODNB reports: "In the run up to the Emancipation Act of 1833 he became the most effective British anti-slavery lecturer since Thomas Clarkson, addressing public meetings in 1832 in Manchester, Liverpool, and elsewhere in reply to Peter Borthwick, the anti-abolition propagandist of the West India planting interest." This copy with the ownership signature of S.C. Fessenden, i.e., Samuel C.… Read More