Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

42 c   (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Group of 7 issues of the Pennsylvania Freeman, an anti-slavery newspaper. Each 4 pages, 21 x 13 3 / 4 inches, on one folding sheet; minor to moderate wear, subscribers’ names in fore-edge margin on some issues. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, April to October 1849 [400/600] Includes issues dated 12 and 26 April, 12 July, 23 August, and 4, 18, and 25 October 1849. The 12 July issue features the story of escaped slave Ellen Crafts and a note on Frederick Douglass assuming sole editorship of the North Star. The 18 October issue features a note by Douglass on his lecturing experiences, and an assessment that the proposed new State of Deseret was steeped in “negro hatred.” 43 c   (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Abolitionist pitcher with scenes inspired by Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Stoneware, 7 1 / 2 inches tall, with stamp in base reading “Published by E. Ridgway & Abington,” and hinged pewter lid with stamp reading “Milner, Cobridge”; minimal wear. Hanley, England, 1853 [500/750] One side depicts a slave auction, with a sign reading “By auction this day, a prime lot of healthy negroes,” and the other side shows a fugitive woman and baby being pursued across a frozen river by a man with a whip. 43