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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCI-
ETY.
The Slave’s Friend.
Illustrated
covers and additional woodcuts through-
out; all 12 numbers with their original
wrappers; the general title for Volume III,
table of contents and preliminary page
toned; the numbers themselves are rela-
tively clean, in the original publisher’s
patterned cloth binding; the latter worn.
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
New York: American Anti-Slavery
Society, 1838
[800/1,200]
A rare whole year of this remarkable little anti-
slavery publication. The Friend was aimed at
children, but contained some surprising articles.
“The Bowie Knife” for example with its his-
tory, and a feature article on the murder of
Elijah Lovejoy and the burning of his press in
Alton. Illustrations include a silhouette portrait
engraving of Lovejoy.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) AMERICAN
ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.
American Anti-Slavery
Almanac, 1836 (Volume I) through 1840; New
England Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1841 and
the American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1842
and 1843.
Together 8 volumes. Woodcut
illustrations; various paginations; some copies
with original wrappers.
CONDITION VARIES
,
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
New York and Boston, 1837-1843
[1,000/1,500]
A very nice run of these anti-slavery almanacs,
covering nearly a decade in the struggle to erad-
icate slavery in the United States. While these
almanacs come from two different groups, they
often shared the same illustrations and articles.
Key events, such as the burning of Elijah
Lovejoy’s printing press and the accounts of
runaway slaves, are found in the almanacs.
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