PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW-ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION, HELD IN BOSTON ON THE 27TH, 28TH AND 29TH OF MAY, 1834.

Boston: Published by Garrison & Knapp, 1834. 72pp. Stitched in original printed pale blue wrappers [wrapper imprint: "Printed by Garrison & Knapp"]. Scattered light foxing, Very Good.

The rear wrapper lists "Anti-Slavery Publications" of the Society. The day-by-day proceedings are recorded. Samuel May was elected President of the Convention, which asserts that Slavery "ought to be immediately abolished." Laws prohibit teaching slaves to read, distributing the Bible to them or "the preaching of the Gospel," bar them from acting as witnesses. "Their persons and their lives are left totally to the absolute control of their masters." Reports are presented on Slavery in the District of Columbia, the progress [or lack thereof] of the anti-slavery cause, the Slave Trade, with many examples of the horrors of Slavery. Speeches and an Address to the People are printed.
LCP 7044. Dumond 83. AI 25911 [5]. Item #38527

Price: $500.00