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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
PETTIT, EBER.
Sketches in the
History of the Underground Rail-
road, Comprising Many Thrilling
Incidents of the Escape of Fugitives
from Slavery and the Perils of Those
Who Aided Them.
174 pages. Tall 8vo,
original gilt decorative brown cloth, rear
hinge expertly repaired. A very attractive
copy.
Fredonia, N.Y.: McKinstry & Son, 1879
[1,500/2,500]
A
LOVELY COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK
.
Pettit, a merchant associated the First Baptist
Church in Fredonia N.Y., was a conductor on
the UGRR. He would carry fugitive slaves
under a wagonload of leather goods upstate to a
point in Buffalo, New York. From there they
would enter Canada. The book is dedicated to
Frederick Douglass, “An Exemplar of the
Capabilities of his Race, as an Acknowledgement
of His Great Service in Behalf of an Afflicted
and Despised people and as a Sincere Friend of
the Martyred President . . .”
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105
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NARRATIVES.) [PRINGLE, THOMAS,
Editor].
The History of Mrs. Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by
Herself. With a Supplement by the Editor. To Which is Added The Narrative of
Asa-Asa, a Captured African. Third Edition.
44 pages, removed; some signs of “bark”
to the spine, otherwise a bright, fresh copy. Discreet library stamp and de-accession on last
page.
London: F Westley, 1831
[600/800]
VERY UNUSUAL NARRATIVE
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—SLAVE NARRATIVE.) RUTLING,
THOMAS.
”Tom” an Autobiography, with Revised Negro Melodies.
24 pages of
text, followed by 40 pages of printed music. Tall 8vo, original green cloth decoratively
stamped in black; light wear, contemporary ownership signature dated 1909.
Torrington, N. Devon: Thos. J. Dyer, [1909]
[600/800]
SCARCE NARRATIVE WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS
.
ONLY
FOUR COPIES ARE CITED BY OCLC
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) NEW YORK STATE.
Report of the Select
Committee on the Petitions to Prevent Slave-Hunting in the State of New York,
February 11, 1860.
11 pages. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers. An exceptional copy.
Albany: Van Benthuysen, 1860
[400/600]
LCP, 7109. Dumend 85.
