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1847266916Jackson County FL 1847. unbound. 1 page 3.5 x 7.5 inches Jackson County Florida February 5 1847 -- a probate court receipt acknowledging that "Elijah Bryon Administrator of William Bryon received the following property awarded to me by the commissioners appointed by the Hon. Richard H. Long Judge of Probate for the County of Jackson one-fifth of three-hundred and twenty acres of land undivided and the following slaves: Mary Ginny and child and Jerry valued at $1500 and three-hundred and thirty one dollars and forty-five cents of the other personal property as my position of said Estate." Signed at the bottom: "Elijah Bryan guardian for Joseph M. Bryan" and docketed on the bacl: "E. Bryan" and "Richard H. Long J.P.C." Richard H. Long 1791 - 1865 was appointed by the Territorial Governor in 1833 to complete the land sale between S. Brown and the Apalachicola Tustenuggee and Hadjo tribes treating the Indians fairly. He was a representative to Florida's first Constitutional Convention and later served as Speaker of the House. During the Civil War he rose to the rank of Colonel of a Florida Regiment and saw much action in the field. His body was recently located in a forgotten Confederate cemetery. Elijah H. Long was known for building a 5200-acre plantation for his mother. The family was well known in Jackson County and evidently all were slave owners. One horizontal fold; uniformly toned. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
185426154Washington: Printed at the Congressional Glove Office 1854. First edition. pp. 22. 1 vols. 8vo. Self wrappers unsewn as issued. Some browning and spotting wear along spine and edges but a very good copy. First edition. pp. 22. 1 vols. 8vo. Kansas-Nebraska Act. Primarily concerning the issue of slavery in the territories this speech was part of the debates for the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The act initiated by Douglas ultimately repealed the Missouri Compromise allowed the local residents to determine whether the area was free or slave territory allowed for "the doctrine of popular sovereignty of the two territories" and laid the way for a transcontental railroad. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in the Senate on the 3rd of March. Clayton was a lawyer noted agriculturist and long-time member of Congress who was Secretary of State under President Taylor. As Secretary of State he is best remembered for having negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty with Great Britain which provided for a neutral international canal across Central America and "contained pledges which ultimately forced Great Britain to withdraw from large tracts of territory which.it had been occupying on the Isthmus." DAB. Sabin 13576n Printed at the Congressional Glove Office unknown books
183319436New-Haven: Published and Sold by A. H. Maltby; Boston: Pierce and Parker 1833. Evident first edition. Wrappers quite foxed; some scattered internal foxing and a little light soiling and wear; a good copy. Original printed yellow wrappers stitched 9.5 x 5.75 inches 24 pages untrimmed. From the Congregationalist clergyman and polemicist gradual emancipationist and advocate of colonization see the ANB an attack on Garrison; per the LCP catalog description "Articles reviewed are William Lloyd GarrisonÃs Thoughts on African colonization; James CropperÃs Letter to Thomas Clarkson; and Abolition of Negro slavery published in American quarterly review September 1832." The edition statement would seem to have been more accurately rendered with a comma "second separate edition" as there appears to be no other edition besides this supposed second separate edition published besides the periodical appearance in the Christian Spectator. Lib. Company. Afro-Americana 759; Dumond page 23; Sabin 2671 & 70214; American Imprints 17489. Published and Sold by A. H. Maltby; Boston: Pierce and Parker, unknown books
185019425Philadelphia March 20 1850. Portion of the blank leaf clipped traces of a partially-removed decal from the blank verso; a little foxed in very good condition. Quite legible. 1.5 pages in autograph ink on a lined blue folio approx. 250 words. Integral address. On the negotiation for and Methodist process of returning the missionary Seys to Liberia as a colonization agent: "I this morning presented your communication and also Mr. PinneyÃs to my colleagues. Their conclusion was expressed as follows. 'Agreed that we still abide by our decision of last year ñ That we have authority to make appointments to agencies for the Colonization cause ñ 2d That we are not willing to advise Br. Seys as to the expediency of his accepting such an agency but leave that to his own discretion. 3d That at present we see no insuperable difficulty in the way of his appointment as Agent of the Colonization Society of Maryland at the next session of the New York Conference provided that previous to that time he receives a commission from said society and decides to accept the appointment.' In order to relieve your mind on the other point I will inform you that I see no way of deciding the question of a Superintendent to Liberia for some time to come. We do not just it safe and proper to give personal advice to brethren in regard to such appointments." Seys was a native of Trinidad and according to later accounts of colonization societies had been an overseer on a family plantation until a conversion experience led him to Methodism abolition and emigration to the United States. Seys here appears to have been angling for a return to Liberia as a colonization agent a goal at which he seems to have succeeded; he would be named Minister and Consul to Liberia in 1866. With a preliminary typescript. March 20, unknown books
10137Slavery Handwritten letter signed. Silvanus Patch 1 page March 1823 in which Mr. Hatch writes in somewhat phonetic English to a John Bourding concerning the sale of one of his slaves in part ".I wish you to assist Mr. Nicholson in the gitten sic of the money from the sale of Davis and the 50 of Collens as I am in det debt to Mr. Nicholson.use every excursion to git sic that from him and you will obliage sic your well wisher." Foxing in very good condition. unknown books
15101This rare pamphlet "Act No. XIX of 1929 Passed by the Indian Legislature.An Act to Restrain the Solemnisation of Child Marriages" was a critical step in protecting girls. No other copies in OCLC Worldcat<br/><br/>Child marriage was historically prevalent in India where the International Center for Research on Women reported that 47% of Indian weddings in the early 20th century involved brides under the age of 18. Poverty was a driving factor in child marriage as families in financial straits could improve their economic standing by marrying their daughters to wealthier older men. Yet as other countries began making improvements for women and girls India too recognized the dangers inherent to girls' health and well-being when they were married and became mothers while still in their own childhoods. This pamphlet which is the only known copy according to OCLC Worldcat details the "punishment for male adult below twenty one years of age marrying a child punishment for male adults over twenty one years of age marrying a child and punishment for solemnizing a child marriage." While child marriage does persist in India its rates have gone down and modern India has joined the South Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children SAIEVAC which adopted a regional action plan to enforce the marriage bans and end child marriage in and beyond its own borders. unknown books
12719Front Page Headline reads "The Bill Abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia Passed the House." Newspaper "The Detroit Free Press" April 12 1862. 19" x 26" 2 pages. Has a blow by blow account of the debate among the members of the House and the various amendments associated with the bill. It concludes "The bill was passed 93 agains 39." Also includes local national and international news as well as "News From the South." Some small tears at the left hand margin not affecting text. A diagonal crease runs across the top half of the paper and a small piece of yellow tape has adhered to the top margin. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
18472183421847. unbound. The writer Mr. Pugh also mentions that he has received a letter concerning a runaway slave and will keep a look out in part: ".I rec'd your letter about a Runaway Negro but as yet have not heard anything about him. Will keep a look out. Yours Respectfully." 1 page 8vo light water-staining 9.25 x 7.5 inches. No place October 12 1847. Very good- condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
185562372Boston: Bela Marsh 1855. Second printing. Frontispiece portrait. 122 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Upper half of spine shaky else a nice tight copy. Second printing. Frontispiece portrait. 122 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. The author was convicted of aiding slaves to escape from Washinton D.C.--Blockson. Sabin 20912 Blockson 9838 for first ed. Bela Marsh unknown books
186021436San Francisco: T.C. Boyd ca. 1860. Near fine. Broadside 8.5" by 4.5". Printed from type and wood engraving. Very near fine with trivial crease to edges. <br/><br/>Racist slavery-era broadside printed and designed by one T.C. Boyd featuring a drawing and lyrics to a ballad which begins: "Massa's gone to town de news to hear / And he has left the overseer / To look over all de nrs here / While I make love to Sally!" Boyd notes he had 10000 such sheets for sale at his shop. T.C. Boyd unknown books
1826WRCAM40209Philadelphia 1826. 40pp. Original tan wrappers. Wraps a bit creased spine slightly chipped. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Text a bit tanned. very good. A call for the abolition of the slave trade with sections regarding the involvement of a number of foreign countries in the trade. This copy belonged to the Rev. Leonard Worcester of Peacham Vt. Worcester was a member of the Auxiliary Colonization Society of the State of Vermont a regional subgroup of the American Colonization Society. A nice association copy. SHOEMAKER 23434. paperback books
1833WRCAM40207Boston 1833. 28pp. Original tan printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled. Spine chipped. Front cover separating at bottom. Lightly creased down the center. Some light foxing. About very good. Untrimmed. The Massachusetts Colonization Society was a regional subdivision of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour. The Society attempted to alleviate the problem of slavery and degradation of free blacks by establishing a colony for them outside the United States preferably in Africa thereby "separating them WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT from the white race." The Society established the colony of Liberia in 1822 assisting African Americans to resettle there. The colony continued to grow for the next twenty years and Liberia declared itself an independent state in 1847. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 20051. unknown books
186539270Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery 1865. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. 16pp. With the author's compliments. Disbound.<br/> <br/>This address was given to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Dartmouth College on July 19 1865 by Alpheus Crosby. In it Crosby details the dangers of a divided country with headings titled "Our National Debt" "Increase of Southern Power in Congress" "Natural Antipathy between the Races" and "Danger in Case of Foreign War." Alpheus Crosby was a scholar and professor of mathematics and Greek. He entered Dartmouth at the young age of 13 where he was a leading scholar and tutor to fellow students. He was involved in abolition editing an abolitionist journal during the Civil War and writing on the reconstruction of the South. Following the war he edited a series of textbooks aimed at the recently freed slaves.<br/> <br/>Sabin 17626. Geo. C. Rand & Avery unknown books
1840100899Pamphlet leaflet 8vo 4 33-36 pp. Some aging and browning and a small stain at the bottom let margin; otherwise very good plus. Basically this short pamphlet provides "abridged selections" of various slave statutes from states around the country prior to the Civil War .The statutes consistently explain that a slave should be considered a thing not a person and of course has no right to own property. It also outlines various punishments such as 25 lashes for riding a horse without permission 21 lashes if more than six slaves meet together and death for striking a white person 3rd offense. The Anti-Slavery Bugle, books
192543939Portland: By the Author / Press of A.E. Kern 1925. Second edition same year as first. Octavo 19cm. Original illustrated wrappers; 127pp. Covers moderately dusted and darkened; a few faint corner-creases to text; Very Good. Written as an expose of the bootlegging and white slavery rackets of Oregon the novel chronicles the fall and rise of an innocent country girl who comes to Portland from the cheese-making village of Tillamook. The author's foreword announces that "Law enforcement is the burning topic of the hour and will continue to be while merchant princes as well as members of the United States Senate Conress public officials apologetic judges and parasitical bootleg attorneys keep stocks of fancy liquors in their homes and serve the same to their friends." Uncommon in commerce; this is a tight attractive copy. OCLC finds 15 locations nearly all in Oregon. By the Author / Press of A.E. Kern unknown books
183945020Philadelphia: Printed for the Committee / J. Richards 1839. First Edition. 12mo 19cm.; side-stitched self-wrappers; 12pp. Some foxing faint fold lines else Very Good or better. Extracts taken chiefly from British abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton's larger work "The African Slave Trade" in which he argued that the African slave trade could be stamped out by other forms of trade as well as the spread of Christianity. Printed for the Committee / J. Richards unknown books
183519491Boston: James Munroe and Company 1835. First edition. Spine and portions of the rear board sunned and faded; some spotting to the cloth; some foxing and light staining; front hinge just tender; a very good copy. 8vo original embossed purple cloth printed spine label iv 167 1 pages. An important anti-slavery work from the pioneering New England Unitarian. Lib. Company. Afro-Americana 2185; American Imprints 2185. James Munroe and Company, unknown books
16453The Light. September-October 1915. La Crosse Wisconsin: World's Purity Federation 1915. The World's Purity Federation focused on fighting public vice such as prostitution and sought to ensure proper morals in society. During the Progressive period reforming public vice was a growing movement that saw victories with the passage of prohibition and other regulations on public decency. Due in part of organziations like the World'd Purity Federation in 1910 the White Slave Trade Act also known as the Mann Act passed in US Congress outlawing the transport of women typically European immigrants across state lines for the purpose of prostitution. Activists continued to meet strategize and organize tactics to ensure that the new legislation would be upheld and expanded. Photo-illustrated portrait of president of Oxford College for Women Jane Sherzer PhD in academic cap and gown. Very good condition. unknown books
1858660371858. Dividing Prize Money After the Capture of a Slave Ship Slavery. United States. In the Senate of the United States. February 21 1858-Ordered to Be Printed. Mr. Polk Made the Following Adverse Report To Accompany Bill S. C. of C. 108.: The Committee of Claims To Whom was Referred the Opinion of the Court of Claims in the Case of O.H. Berryman and Others Report: The Claimants in this Case are the Officers and Crew of the United States Schooner "On-Ka-Hy-E" drop-head title. Washington DC: S.n. 1858. 13 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Disbound light rubbing to extremities some toning and light foxing. $100. 35th Congress 1st Session Senate Rep. Com. No. 33. This speech disputes the distribution of prize money between the Federal government and the crew that captured the slave ship Laurens. unknown books
191026265Chicago and Boston: The Christian Witness Company 1910. First edition. Cloth. Good . Cloth-covered ocatvo with color illustration tipped on to the front panel. 418 pp. Illustrated frontis. Written and edited by Rev. F. M. Lehman with slum data furnished by Rev. N. K. Clarkson. With illustrations and a photograph. Covers lightly worn. Pages are somewhat darkened with age. The Christian Witness Company unknown books
190415411Rochester: Office of the American 1904. Broadside extra lithographed in colors; 18" x 11". Single fold else fine. Colorful graphic depicting Princess Louise escaping from her asylum cell with the help of her illegitimate lover Geza Mattattich. The caption tempts readers with a White Slavery theme suggesting that Princess Louise has been lured to her ruin by a "Wolf of the Underworld." Unlocated. Office of the American unknown books
188814044New York: Metropolitan Pub. Co 1888. First Edition. Octavo 19cm. Publisher's decorated deep mustard cloth stamped in gilt on spine; viii 431pp. First issue per Wright with no printer's statement on verso of title page. Bit of grubbiness to boards; donation bookplate and private ownership stamp to prelims; else a tight unmarked copy on the better side of VG. Thomas Manson Norwood 1830-1913 was a U.S. Senator and later a Democratic Member of the House from Georgia. In this his only novel he assails the trusts the stock market and the unequal distribution of wealth as the source of vice in America. The setting is New York City with much of the action set on Wall Street. WRIGHT III:3999. Metropolitan Pub. Co unknown books
185027010Washington: Gideon & Co. Print 1850. 1st separate. INSCRIBED by Ashmun in the top margin. Self wrappers. Gd outer leaves soiled/some staining. 16 pp. Unopened. 8vo. <br/><br/>Not in Dumond. Gideon & Co., Print unknown books
1837101441Pamphlet small 8vo removed dbd 11 pp. Removed some minor foxing normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. This pamphlet was prepared for the New York chapter of the Religious Society of Friends Quakers for their annual meeting to oppose slavery. Not surprisingly this tract encourages people to help end "this stain upon our national character." While there are religious sentiments in this work much of the discussion relates to social injustice and morality. Mahlon Day (and New York Quakers), books
191225858New York: The MacMillan Company 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardbound 8vo. 219 pp plus ads at rear of volume. Gentle ex-libris copy with handsome Hartwick College Library illustrated bookplate afixed to thie inside front pastedown and a couple of tiny inked number notations to the copyright page. Otherwise a handsome very good copy. Book discusses the problems associated with "white slavery" and the treatment of young women of lesser means. The MacMillan Company hardcover books
