Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 362

Price Realized: $ 688
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) ROLLIN, FRANK A. Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany, Sub Assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees. 367, [vi], pages. 8vo, original cloth; some mottling, still a tight copy, internally clean. Boston: Lee and Sheppard, 1868
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first edition of a scarce book. Martin Robinson Delany, (1812-1885) was a tremendously complex and talented man. Editor, author, physician, explorer, abolitionist and pan-Africanist, in 1858-1859, Delany was part of an ambitious colonization plan to explore the Niger Valley in Africa to find suitable land to settle American slaves and freedmen. The exploratory expedition was made, and agreements with local Abeokuta chiefs as well. However Civil War at home, and a reluctant British Parliament essentially quashed the project.