London: W.B. Walker, August 20, 1807. Engraved mezzotint broadside, 10" x 14." Several minor small tears and holes within the image. Publisher's line mostly erased. Lightly hinged on thin one-ply paper, with attractive ivory mat border. Some light wear to the image, Good+ copy of a rare broadside, attractively matted..... More
[New York: 1835]. [109]-120 pp, with caption title as issued. Stitched [loosening], some dusting and spotting. Good+. Illustration of "The Flogging of Females." On the horrors of slavery and the slave trade. More
Philadelphia: Printed by Enoch Story, at his Printing-Office... 1783. 40pp, stitching gone. Inner margin and corner lightened [no effect on text]. Lightly toned, else Very Good. Benezet explains the Quakers' stance on slavery and the slave trade, unequivocally prohibiting their "being, in any respect, concerned in support of this infamous..... More
London: January 17, 1811. One page, 7" x 9," written on recto in neat ink manuscript. With a four-line ink manuscript note on verso, signed by the activist Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan: "This letter was addressed to my father William Frend who had worked with Thomas Clarkson some years before..... More
Washington: 1850. 79pp, disbound. .Minimal foxing. Very Good. This item is not a government-published document, although it prints this House Committee's report advocating an increase in the steam navy, partly to emulate England, partly as an appropriate response to the recent acquisition from Mexico of California and New Mexico; but..... More
London: Printed for W. Flexney... 1787. Quarto. [2], x, 24 pp, in contemporary drab plain wrappers. Engraved title vignette of a slave in chains. Stitched. Title page dusted; with an expertly repaired margin tear [no text affected]. A few spots. Else Very Good. A slave, who had planned to marry..... More
[London: 1791]. 3, [1]pp. Folio sheet, folded to 8-1/4" x 13-1/4." Untrimmed. Caption title [as issued]. Docketed on page [4], "The Yearly-Epistle, 1791." About Fine. "As a Christian society we have found it in our duty to promote the abolition of the Slave-trade; and, although the Legislature of this country..... More
Baltimore: Printed by William Wooddy, 1847. 32pp. Persistent browning at lower margins. Disbound. Good+. In 1834 Garrison was convicted in a Baltimore court of libeling Francis Todd of Newburyport, Mass, by falsely accusing him of involvement in the slave trade. The author, annoyed that Garrison attributed his defeat to bias..... More
London: Printed by T.R. Harrison, [1843]. Folio. 19, [1 blank] pp. New stitching, light rubberstamp in upper blank portion of title page, else Very Good. England used her mighty naval power in a massive effort to stamp out the International Slave Trade. The major roadblock to a Treaty with the..... More
Hartford: The Connecticut Magazine, Volume XI, Number 1, 1907. Connecticut Magazine, First Quarter 1907. [6], 184, [28] pp. Original printed and illustrated wrappers, original staples. Front wrapper detached but present, with its lower corner torn away. Else Very Good. Reverend Lewis's article appears at pages 125-[129], with the iconic full-page..... More
1817. December 2, 1817. [1]. 11, [1 blank] pp, disbound, untrimmed, partially uncut. Light dustsoiling, light tanning. Good+. AI 42657. More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824. Doc. 1. 19pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light toning. Good+. [offered with] DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Washington: Gales & Seaton. 1824. 317pp, folding tables. Untrimmed, disbound. Scattered toning, else Very Good. The 1814 Treaty of Ghent pledged all parties to..... More
Washington: 1824. 41pp, disbound, lightly foxed, last leaf trimmed closely shaving a few letters. Very Good. Secretary of State John Q. Adams provides diplomatic correspondence with England on suppressing the slave trade. Lord Canning advises that the trade, far from diminishing, "seems to acquire a fresh capacity for existence with..... More
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1838. Folio. [713]-716 pp, as issued. Disbound. Very Good. This Act discusses the two recent conventions between Great Britain and France and the King of the Two Sicilies, with details regarding cruizers of the Two Sicilies which are to be employed in the suprression..... More
London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1764. Folio. [1], [1 blank], 335-336pp, as issued. Disbound. Very Good. ESTC N56806. More
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1828. Folio, pp. 945-947, [1 blank]. Disbound, else Very Good. More
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1838. 821-823, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Disbound. Else Very Good. More
[New York: 1860]. 36pp, disbound. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Good+. The editor of the New York Times tries to reason with the South's notorious Fire-Eater and its most accomplished orator. Writing in late 1860 after Abraham Lincoln's election, Raymond says Yancey's many speeches in the North..... More
1854. 33d Cong., 1st Sess. SED47. [Washington: 1854]. 14, [2 blank] pp, disbound, spine reinforced with paper tape. Light water stain running through text, else Very Good. Schenk reports on Brazil's active encouragement of and participation in the African slave trade. Despite British efforts to stamp out this traffic, "secret..... More
29th Cong., 1st Sess. SD377. 1846. 248pp, disbound, light fox. Very Good. A detailed review of "the state of things on the coast of Africa," the activities of England in "checking the African slave trade," and the roadblocks to establishing a treaty with the U.S. in that regard. British board-and-search..... More
31st Cong., 2d Sess. SED6. 1850. 43pp, disbound, light scattered foxing and wear. Very Good. On the misuse of the American flag in the African-Brazilian slave trade. The United States is "mortified" at this practice; the U.S. consul includes eye-witness reports. More
London: James Ridgeway, Piccadilly [Shackell & Baylis], 1830. [1-title], [1], 29, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Some repaired tears at fore-edge of title page [no text loss]. Perforated library stamp in blank margin of title page, two rubberstamps. Red ink underlines throughout text. Inscribed at head of title, "Wm. Smith Esq..... More