(SLAVERY ABOLITION) Jesse Torrey A Portraiture of Domestic

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Jesse Torrey. A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States. 6 plates. 94 pages. 8vo, original boards, moderate wear; foxing, moderate wear; uncut; early owners' inscriptions to front endpapers and verso of frontispiece. In modern 1/4 morocco folding case. Philadelphia, 1817

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First edition. Dedicated "To the candid consideration of Philanthropists, Legislators, and Possessors of Slaves." While Torrey demonstrated slavery's cruelties, he was also aware of the enormous investment plantation owners had in their slaves; thus his attempt to find a way to free slaves "without impairing the legal priviledges of the owner." Afro-Americana 10347; Blockson 9856; Sabin 96290.