An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York

Hammon, Jupiter

[San Diego]: William F. Northrop, 1978. Pamphlet. iv, 20p., signatures in stringbound wraps, unopened, with untrimmed edges (or false deckle), facsimile reprint of the 1787 original by the first Black author published in the US. Very good copy.

Advice to slaves and servants, in particular to become literate and to read scripture, then "to think very little of your bondage in this life"

Cat.No: 190761

Price: $25.00