Sep 24, 2020 - Sale 2546

Sale 2546 - Lot 207

Price Realized: $ 500
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Benjamin Drew; compiler. A North-Side View of Slavery. The Refugee: or, the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. xii, 387, [5] pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth, moderate wear; minor dampstaining, some dog-eared pages, unrelated engraving of a Cohoes, NY textile mill laid down on rear pastedown; early owner's inscriptions on endpapers and his small inked stamp on numerous pages. Boston, 1856

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First edition. A collection of 117 narratives gathered by Drew from escaped slaves who had made their way north to Canada. Afro-Americana 3267; Blockson 9796; Sabin 20931.