![[3728476] The Suppressed Book About Slavery! George W. Carleton, 1832–1901.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728476.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1552934339)
The Suppressed Book About Slavery!
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Prepared for publication in 1857, New York publisher (here editor) George W. Carleton entered this book in the federal District Court in 1864 claiming “The book need no longer be concealed” in a drawer or under the table-cover.
In 1857, Carleton had felt anti-abolitionist sentiments were too prevalent to bring this work to print. Now, in 1864, with the presidential campaign underway, Carleton saw it fit for the public’s eyes.
Eight wood engravings by William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder depict the horrors of slavery and illustrate “the hideous skeleton of the institution which we have fondled and petted…”
Among the images are “HUMAN FLESH AT AUCTION,” “THE LASH,” and “THE BLOODHOUND BUSINESS,” “Flogging the Negro,” “Running Away,” etc.
The work also presents African-American contributions to the United States.
Description: The Suppressed Book About Slavery!
New York: Carleton, 1864. First edition. [1–2], 3–432, [2] pp. Publisher’s original stamped and decorative cloth. 8 wood engravings printed on yellow paper. Cloth faded, spine cocked; gilt-lettering dulled; small stamp to endpaper; a very good copy.
[3728476]McCoy S–733: “[A]n expose and denunciation of slavery…title is included because “the work was suppressed according to a statement on p.6. ‘For seven years, the book slumbered, unknown, unnoticed, and undisturbed, beneath the surface of the earth.’”
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