THE UTTER EXTINCTION OF SLAVERY AN OBJECT OF SCRIPTURE PROPHECY: A LECTURE THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH WAS DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CHELMSFORD LADIES' ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION, IN THE FRIEND'S MEETING-HOUSE, ON TUESDAY, THE 17TH OF APRIL, 1832 : WILLIAM KNIGHT, ESQ. TREASURER, IN THE CHAIR. WITH ELUCIDATORY NOTES. BY JOSEPH IVIMEY, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. DEDICATED TO WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, ESQ.
London: [J. Messeder, Printer]. Sold by G. Wightman, &c. 1832. viii, 74, [1-advt], [1 blank] pp. Disbound and light scattered foxing. Title page vignette of a kneeling, chained slave: "Am I not a man and a brother?" Text bright and clean. Except as noted, Very Good.
The Baptist Magazine for 1832 reviewed this pamphlet: "Mr. [Ivimey] has condensed a good deal of information into a small compass... [H]e has given an account of 'the origins of colonial slavery, and the present condition of those wretched beings who are called slaves in the West India Islands, and introduced a train of reasoning tending to demonstrate the illegality and iniquity of slavery. . . Its character of feeling is in perfect keeping with its subject, - it burns with indignation - it melts with compassion - it exults in hope." [THE BAPTIST MAGAZINE FOR 1832, pages 345-346. London: 1832].
Ragatz explains, "The author had been requested to deliver the lecture by the agency committee of the Anti-slavery Society. Designed to appeal to feminine emotionalism."
Dumond 68. Ragatz 516. LCP 5174. Sabin 35315. Item #40942
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