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An Abolitionist A to Z

The Gospel of Slavery: A Primer of Freedom.

New York: T. W. Strong, [1864].

Price: $2,750.00


About the item

Woodcut illustrations. [28]pp. Lacks front blank. 8vo. Publisher's blue illustrated wrappers, a bit tattered with minor losses. Dampstaining. Library Company of Philadelphia Afro-Americana 4233; Sabin 28051; Work, p. 305.

Item #377846

Printed in verse in the form of a child's alphabet, the engravings graphically depict the cruelties of slavery. A running prose commentary countering the proslavery argument appears on the lower quarter of each page of text. Scarce.