History of Pennsylvania Hall, which was Destroyed by a Mob, On the 17th of May, 1838. [facsimile reprint]
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Reprint of the 1838 book describing the dedication, opening proceedings, and very brief existence of Pennsylvania Hall in Philadelphia, a newly built abolitionist venue destroyed by arson by an anti-abolitionist mob. Contents include speeches by such abolitionists as David Paul Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, and Angelina E. Grimké Weld.
Description: History of Pennsylvania Hall, which was Destroyed by a Mob, On the 17th of May, 1838. [facsimile reprint]
New York: Negro Universities Press, (1838, 1969). Frontispiece, 200pp. 8vo. Brown cloth; gilt spine titling. Facsimile Reprint. Some foxing to endpapers and clearly unread; very good.
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