Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 83

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [PENNSYLVANIA.] Act of Incorporation and Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. . .Also a List of those who have Been Elected Members of the Society. 36 pages, plus errata slip at the end. 8vo, modern marbled paper-covered boards with morocco label up the spine; original front wrapper bound in. Philadelphia: For the Society, 1860

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Basically reprints the original act of incorporation and constitution of the Society. (1788) and lists all elected members up to and including the year 1859. Someone has made note in pencil of several members who had passed away. The list is a veritable "Who's Who" of the movement, including William Lloyd Garrison and Passmore Williamson. Afro-Americana, 7596; OCLC locates nine copies.