Radical abolitionism; anarchy and the government of God in antislavery thought
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973. Hardcover. xvi, 328p., shelfworn, dj. More
Cat.No: 11528
Abolitionism
Radical abolitionism; anarchy and the government of God in antislavery thought
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973. Hardcover. xvi, 328p. Herbert Aptheker's copy, with his note to review it and a typed draft of the review, with his handwritten notes, laid in. More
Cat.No: 45716
Antislavery reconsidered; new perspectives on the abolitionists
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. Hardcover. xvi, 348p., first edition. shelfworn dj including sticker shadow/glue residue to top right corner of front panel. More
Cat.No: 21288
" Doers of the word"; African-American women speakers and writers in the north (1830-1880)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Hardcover. ix, 284p., first printing, dj. Very good. More
Cat.No: 84767
Oration delivered in the Old South Church... June 14, 1876
Boston: Reuben Hildreth Printer, 1876. 11p., original wraps slightly browned, first edition, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 123882
Review of Lysander Spooner's essay on the unconstitutionality of slavery. Reprinted from the 'Anti-Slavery Standard,' with additions
Boston: Andrews & Prentis, 1847. 95p., original wraps smudged and lightly foxed, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 99160
Toussaint l'Ouverture; hero-liberator of Santo Domingo-Haiti
Los Angeles: The John Henry and Mary Louisa Dunn Bryant Foundation, 1966. 30p., first printing thus, wraps. Text of the abolitionist's address, with white supremacist content noted with asterisks. More
Cat.No: 56897
The kidnapped and the ransomed
New York: Negro Publication Society of America, 1941. Hardcover. 315p., first NPSA edition, very good hardcover in dj. The European American writer's story of the two black brothers was originally published in 1856 Series I, History, #1. More
Cat.No: 18281
Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner. Vol. 1: 1811 - 1838. Vol. 2: 1838 - 1845
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1878. Two volumes [viii, 380, vi, 403p.], steel-engraved frontis portraits of young and slightly older Sumner (handsome guy), original green cloth bindings somewhat edge worn with a bad little nick to the heel of v.1. Neatly-applied previous owner's bookplates on front blank paste downs, these overlap. Good..... More
Cat.No: 101554
Exploring a common past, researching and interpreting the underground railroad; 2nd edition
Washington, D. C. Park History Program, National Park Service, 1998. 51p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch glossy wraps, very good copy. How to do original research; one illustration (cover photo of the John Parker house, Ohio). More
Cat.No: 155379
Slavery; the Angle-American involvement
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973. Hardcover. 112p., profusely illus., 7.5x9.5 inches, first British edition. Very good, Previous owner's address ticker near top right corner of front free endpaper. Illustrated sources in history. More
Cat.No: 28793
Personal reminiscences of the anti-slavery and other reforms and reformers
Plainfield, NJ: Anna Rice Powell, 1899. Hardcover. xx, 279p. including 15 illus., first edition. A very good copy of an important account of the movement in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. More
Cat.No: 72757
Personal reminiscences of the anti-slavery and other reforms and reformers
Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. xx, 279p., very good condition. Reprint of 1899 edition. An important account of the movement in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. More
Cat.No: 240448
Greatest emancipations; how the West abolished slavery
New York: Palgrave / Macmillan, 2008. Hardcover. 284p., introduction, conclusion, timeline of antislavery, notes, selected bibliography, index, fine first edition in boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 148133
Testamentos de escravos libertos na Bahia no século XIX; uma fonte para o estudo de mentalidades
Salvador, Bahia: Universidade Federal da Bahia. Centro de Estudos Baianos, 1979. 52p., some pen underlining, wraps browned and foxed. Text in Portuguese. Centro de Estudos Baianos 85. More
Cat.No: 126035
Los Afro-Uruguayos; libro de bolsillo
Montevideo: El Siglo Ilustrado, 1967. Paperback. 98p., review of book pasted to r.e.p. and rear pastedown, previous owner's signature, wraps. With much on slavery and abolition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 122643
Race & politics; "Bleeding Kansas" and the coming of the Civil War
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1969. Hardcover. xvi, 304p., very good first edition, bit rubbed and soiled price clipped dj. European American historian. Critical periods of history. More
Cat.No: 25736
From Lone Mountain to Twin Peaks: In Memory of Richard Realf, "Poet, Social Pioneer, Emancipator"
San Francisco: People's Library, 1918. 16p., very good in wraps. Poetry collection. "The peculiar significance of Richard Realf to San Francisco is that he connects us directly with Old John Brown of Harper's Ferry, in whose cabinet Realf was the selected and designated 'Secretary of State.'" - from intro by..... More
Cat.No: 145683
From Lone Mountain to Twin Peaks: In Memory of Richard Realf, "Poet, Social Pioneer, Emancipator"
San Francisco: People's Library, 1918. 16p., wraps lightly stained. Poetry collection. "The peculiar significance of Richard Realf to San Francisco is that he connects us directly with Old John Brown of Harper's Ferry, in whose cabinet Realf was the selected and designated 'Secretary of State.'" - from intro by William..... More
Cat.No: 145684
Letters to the Hon. William Jay, being a reply to his "Inquiry into the American Colonization and American Anti-Slavery Societies."
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. xii, 120p. Bit soiled boards. No dj (as issued) Reprint of the 1835 edition. More
Cat.No: 34966
Horace Greeley a biographical sketch. Prepared for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, at the request of its publishers
no city: no publisher, 1879. 29p., sewn signatures in paste-fastened plain printed wraps, cover and several leaves dust-soiled with some hazy old mildew (no mustiness), flecks (of iron? food?) here and there within with offsetting, a sound but slightly repulsive copy. More
Cat.No: 174702
A abolição da escravidão
Sao Paulo: Editora Brasillense, 1986. Paperback. 97p., third edition, slightly soiled wraps. Text in Portuguese. More
Cat.No: 122641
John Brown among the Quakers
Des Moines: The Historical Department of Iowa, 1894. 239p., first edition, spine faded and slightly worn. Six essays, the longest on Brown, four on Native American themes, and one on the Mormons in Nauvoo. More
Cat.No: 156274
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Cronicl Cymdeithasau Crefyddol. [1847-1848, two years bound in one volume]
Dolgellau, Wales: Argraffedig Gan Evan Jones, 1847-48. Two years of the monthly journal, 378, 378p., bound in one volume, leather boards separated, top of spine very extensively chipped, much edgewear, last page taped with yellowed cellotape to rear board; text is all present but a reference copy only, possible candidate..... More
Cat.No: 152792
Out of bondage and other stories; centennial edition, edited by Llewellyn R. Perkins, foreword by Arthur Schomburg, Robinson Biography by Mary Robinson Perkins
Rutland: Chas. E. Tuttle Company, 1936. Hardcover. 255p., minor stains on fore edge else very good condition in an edge worn dj with a small sticker over the dj flap price and a closed tear neatly repaired on the rear panel. Stories of black life, with a strong emphasis on..... More
Cat.No: 214076