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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) LUNDY, BENJAMIN, Editor.
The Genius of
Universal Emancipation, Volume 1, No 1, Fourth Series through Volume 1, No.
8 Fourth Series.
Uniform 8vo’s, continuously paginated; number of pages varying from
issue to issue; title-page to first number stained and worn; the remainder in very good con-
dition.
Philadelphia, 1834-1835
[500/700]
SCARCE ANTISLAVERY PERIODICAL
,
edited by Benjamin Lundy (1789 -1839) an American
Quaker abolitionist from New Jersey who established several anti-slavery newspapers and con-
tributed to or edited many others.
OCLC LOCATES ONLY SCATTERED HOLDINGS
,
WITH NO
COPIES OF THIS PARTICULAR RUN
.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) MONCURE, JOHN.
“Expense Account,”
ledger kept by a private banker.
Tall, folio ledger, Over 150 pages, written in a couple
of hands, generally quite readable. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper-covered
boards; joints started but firm; paper evenly toned.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, circa 1830’s
[2,000/3,000]
An exceptional piece for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the number of entries
that deal with slaves and slavery. The man who kept this ledger seems to have functioned as
some sort of private banker. The Moncures are part of the larger Glassell family of Virginia.
One entry filling a couple of pages is of special interest; It deals with Rachel Morgan: “cash
advanced to you for purchase of your grandchildren and the right to these children is vested in
me until Rachel pays me the principal and interest I have advanced and then they are to have
their freedom and a bill of sale is to be executed as Rachel may direct. The right to Rachel is
also vested in me at this time, but she has long since returned me the money I paid for her and
therefore is entitled to her freedom. . .” There are many others: Cash for mending servants
shoes, William Fitzhugh for Negro hire, Fanny Judge for services as midwife with your servant
Matilda, Cupid Duff to pay for shoes, Frances Dumas your agent sent from Alabama to this
country for your slaves Reuben, Daniel, Matilda and child. This was advanced to him for his
expenses to Alabama. There are nearly sixty such entries, most having to do with hires and
clothing, with a number for doctor’s bills. An excellent genealogical resource.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
ANTI-SLAVERY MASONIC.
Jewelry
box with anti-slavery theme needle-
point lid.
Blue velvet lined elaborately
stamped brass box, 4 inches long by 2
3
⁄
8
wide by 1
1
⁄
8
inches deep. Beveled glass
hinged lid; brass with warm patina.
Np, [England or France?],
circa mid-nineteenth century
[1,500/2,500]
AN ELABORATE MASONIC ANTI
-
SLAVERY
JEWEL BOX
.
The cover of which is made of a
piece of fine silk embroidery, beneath a piece of
beveled glass.
