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Letters of Theodore Dwight Weld, Angelina Grimké Weld and Sarah Grimké, 1822-1844.
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Important collection of anti-slavery correspondence of abolitionists Theodore Dwight Weld (1803–1895), his wife, Angelina Grimké Weld (1805–1879), and her sister, Sarah Grimké, who lived with the couple. “These letters…throw new light on the antislavery movement of the eighteen-thirties and offer evidence to show that the driving force back of the movement was the revivalist Theodore Dwight Weld, not the reformer, William Lloyd Garrison, as generally supposed.” (dust jacket) The DAB notes that Weld was “not only the greatest of the abolitionists: he was also one of the greatest figures of his time.” A handsome set; the first edition is very scarce to commerce, especially with their publisher’s dustwrappers and slipcase .
Description: Letters of Theodore Dwight Weld, Angelina Grimké Weld and Sarah Grimké, 1822-1844.
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc. (1934). First Edition. Two Volumes: xxxvii, [1], 510; x, 511–1023pp. 8vos. Blue cloth with gilt decorated covers and spines; printed dust jackets; in publisher’s moiré paper-covered slipcase. Spines of dust jackets sunned, slightly soiled, and briefly rubbed, otherwise clean and fresh; wear to slipcase, esp. along bottom edge; publisher’s cloth bindings clean and bright, near fine.
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