1839 Letter by Alexis de Tocqueville, author of the influential book Democracy in America, here writing as a member of the French Chamber of Deputies..... Read More about 1839 Autograph Letter Signed by Alexis de Tocqueville concerning the Publication of his Report...
Selective and Critical Bibliography of Horace Mann: “Opposes bill proposing abolition, not of slavery, but of the slave trade, in the District of Columbia; ‘slavery..... Read More about Speech of Horace Mann, of Massachusetts in the House of Representatives, Feb 28, 1849, on Slavery...
Scholarly edition of abolitionist and feminist Lucretia Mott’s diary of her 1840 trip to Great Britain to attend World’s Anti-Slavery Convention, one of only six..... Read More about Slavery and “The Woman Question,” Lucretia Mott’s Diary of Her Visit to Great Britain to...
From the publishers: “In this volume the author studies the body of thought that developed in the Old South in defense of the institution of..... Read More about Pro-Slavery Thought in the Old South
From the publisher’s “From the planters of the South, New York business men received the greater portion of their trade; their daughters and sons had..... Read More about Business and Slavery. The New York Merchants & the Irrepressible Conflict
A superior copy. Illustrated edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic antebellum novel of Southern plantation slave life, first published in 1852. This..... Read More about Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. With an Introduction by Raymond Weaver....
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Inscribed and signed by the lauded Black historian Benjamin Quarles who contributes an essay within. This book is a combination of documentary evidence and scholarly..... Read More about John Brown. Great Loves Observed. [inscribed
Inscribed and signed by Benjamin Quarles, editor and a prolific and prominent Black American historian. With a 7-page introduction and single-page commentary by Quarles at..... Read More about Blacks on John Brown
Facsimile of the 1911 first edition. An account of the Christiana Riot, an incident of African American-led armed resistance which took place in 1851 in..... Read More about The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch
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This distinguished Black American historian discusses an unusual subject matter: How did African Americans in 19th-century America view the abolitionist John Brown? Inscribed and signed..... Read More about Allies for Freedom. Blacks and John Brown. [Inscribed Copy
This study examines the realities that the Free North held a substantial population who opposed the abolition of slavery, describing the history of this phenomenon..... Read More about Powder Keg. Northern Opposition to the Antislavery Movement 1831-1840
Facsimile of William Still’s monumental 1872 work, approaching 800 pages, documented the efforts and frequent successes of fugitive slaves to seek freedom as they made..... Read More about The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c, Narrating...
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Important biography of the only Southern white women to become abolitionist leaders. Lerner demonstrates how the Grimké sisters had to fight for their rights to..... Read More about The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Rebels Against Slavery. [First Edition
African Americas during the American Civil War as slaves, as contraband; fugitives seeking freedom within the Union Army lines. Surprisingly scarce, Dumond is best-known for..... Read More about America’s Shame and Redemption
February 25, 1847 issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard, the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Begun in 1840, the newspaper was initially..... Read More about National Anti-Slavery Standard. Without Concealment—Without Compromise
Biography of abolitionist Thomas Garrett (1789–1871) of Wilmington, Delaware, Underground Railroad Station Master and working colleague of celebrated Underground Railroad Conductor Harriet Tubman (c.1822–1913). Includes..... Read More about Station Master on the Underground Railroad. The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett. [signed by...
Biography of this famed Massachusetts abolitionist written by Archibald Grimké, civil rights leader, high-level officer in the NAACP, and a noted lawyer, among many other..... Read More about William Lloyd Garrison: The Abolitionist
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..... Read More about History of Pennsylvania Hall, which was Destroyed by a Mob, On the 17th of May, 1838. [facsimile...
A specific study of the “legal, social, and economic history of the Pennsylvania negro in his rise from slavery to freedom.” Winner of the Justin..... Read More about The Negro in Pennsylvania. Slavery - Servitude - Freedom, 1639-1861
First edition, in publisher’s original polished cloth, a collection of anti-slavery lectures by Boston abolitionist Amos A. Phelps. This copy with an inscription on the..... Read More about Lectures on Slavery and Its Remedy. [American Anti-Slavery Society stencil mark plus Pennsylvania...
Substantial anthology of writings and speeches from the great New England antislavery reformer and editor of The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison. This presentation copy inscribed..... Read More about Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison. With an Appendix
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Published after Mandingo and Drum, the continuing story of the plantation, Falconhurst, and the ruthless themes of slave-breeding and slavery in the antebellum South as..... Read More about Master of Falconhurst. [First Edition
Biography of early American abolitionist and Quaker educator, Anthony Benezet (1713–1784) of Philadelphia. In 1775, Benezet was the founder of one of the world’s first..... Read More about Anthony Benezet. From the Original Memoir: Revised, with Additions
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With the publisher’s booklet. Styron’s Pulitzer Prize-winning treatment of the story of the Virginia slave insurrection of Nat Turner which he led, the massacre that..... Read More about The Confessions of Nat Turner. [Signed by the Author
Study of Virginia’s retreat from rising anti-slavery and abolitionist sentiments of the late 18th and early 19th centuries to a defense of slavery in the..... Read More about Slavery Agitation in Virginia, 1829-1832
